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Donald Trump threatens to sue Hispanic broadcaster for 'hundreds of millions' after it dumped his Miss USA pageant over Mexican immigrant 'racist rant'


Published: 11:50 EDT, 25 June 2015 | Updated: 12:15 EDT, 26 June 2015




Donald Trump opened his fledgling presidential campaign on June 16 by condemning Mexican immigrants and what he decried as their 'dangerous' contribution to America.

'They're bringing drugs. They are bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people,' he said during his New York speech, adding that he wanted to build a 'Great Wall' between the US and Mexico.

The fallout from the comments saw Univision Communications Inc. announce on Wednesday it has ended its partnership with the Miss Universe Organization due to the so-called racist remarks.

But now Trump has threatened to sue the broadcaster for 'hundreds of millions of dollars' if they don't air the Miss USA pageant on July 12, telling TMZ they are bound by a five-year contract that was signed in January.
 Dumped: Univision has refused to air the Miss USA pageant next month or 'work on any other projects tied to the Trump Organization' after Donald Trump's spectacular rant against Mexican immigrants Fueled the fire: Trump tried to recycle his views on Mexico on his Twitter after the controversy of his speech started swirling

Trump told TMZ that Univision apologized for dumping the pageant, but said they were under pressure after his controversial speech.

He added to the website: 'I love the Mexican people, but I'm running for President and our country comes first.'

In a separate interview with Breitbart News, Trump said Univision was pushed to cut ties with him by the Mexican government.

'The Mexican government is putting tremendous pressure on Univision and there are plenty of others—lobbyists and special interests—putting tremendous pressure on Univision to break their fully signed and fully effective contract with the Miss Universe Organization because I've exposed the tremendously bad trade deals that the United States is so incompetently making with Mexico and also because of the fact that I've exposed some of the terrible things that happen on the southern border,' Trump said in the interview. Hitting back: Univision's influential news anchor Jorge Ramos called Trump a hypocrite

One of the reasons that I’m resonating with the people of the United States is that I’m willing to expose this and this is why our country is losing so much money on our trade deals with Mexico and other countries,”

Earlier today, Univision announced its decision to break ties with Trump.

'Today, the entertainment division of Univision Communications Inc. announced that it is ending the Company's business relationship with the Miss Universe Organization, which is part-owned by Donald J. Trump, based on his recent, insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants,' the company said in a report from Variety.

'We will not be airing the Miss USA pageant on July 12th or working on any other projects tied to the Trump Organization.'

The announcement came just days after Jorge Ramos, Univision's influential news anchor, wrote a blog post that reacted to Trump's scathing speech.

The focus of Ramos' op-ed was that Trump's empire would not be able to survive without Mexican employees, Quartz reported.

'It is hypocrisy to criticize Mexicans while, at the same time, you benefit from their work,' Ramos wrote on his blog.

'In the last few months I visited Trump's hotels in Doral, Florida, and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York, and many of the extraordinary employees who attended me were Mexican.

'What do the employees think of their boss now? Why does he speak of Mexicans with such hate?

'To Trump, who is so fond of setting challenges in his television show, The Apprentice, I propose the following: to spend one single day - just one - without their Mexican and Latino employees.

'He would not be able to do it. His businesses would be paralyzed.

'A day without Mexicans would stop the Trump empire.' Competition: Miss Tennessee Kristy Landers Niedenfuer at the 2014 Miss USA preliminary competition

Ramos also addressed the comments about building a 'Great Wall'.

'It would be a waste of time and money,' Ramos wrote.

'Nearly 40 percent of all undocumented immigrants arrive by plane; They come with a visa and then stay.

'They're bringing drugs. They are bringing crime. They're rapists.

'No wall built by Trump could stop that.

'Furthermore, why does Trump want a wall when the number of undocumented Mexicans arrested in the southern border has dropped from 1.6million in 2000 to 229,000 in 2014?

'It is the lowest in four decades.'

Trump's controversial speech caused much outrage.

Among the comments, he said: 'The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else's problems... When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best.

Trump added: 'They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us.' Uncanny: A Mexican artist, tired of Donald Trump's Mexico-bashing comments, made this pinata (left) after Trump's speech in New York on June 16 Withdrawn: Latino artist J Balvin (center) pulled out of his performance at the Miss USA pageant following Trump's comments

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Latin artist J Balvin - who was set to perform at Miss Universe - announced he was pulling out of the show.

He said he was withdrawing due to Trump's speech.

The Miss USA pageant, which takes place in Atlantic City, will air live on NBC on July 12.

The Univision broadcast, on its UniMas Network, was set to be the first time the pageant was simulcast in Spanish.



Donald Trump's Miss Universe 2015 pageant dumped by Univision
