Donald Trump announced that he is no longer in legal disputes with NBCUniversal on Twitter this Friday.
Just purchased NBC’s half of The Miss Universe Organization and settled all lawsuits against them. Now own 100% — stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2015
In the wake of the Republican presidential candidate’s controversial claim during his 2016 campaign launch in June that undocumented Mexican immigrants are “rapists” and “criminals,” NBCUniversal, mnsbc’s parent company, cut business ties with Trump, putting the Miss Universe/Miss USA series’ future in question. NBC was scheduled to broadcast the pageants and owned half of the rights to the franchise.
“At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values,” NBC said in a June statement. “Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump.”
The ever-litigious Trump promptly threatened to sue. “If NBC is so weak and so foolish to not understand the serious illegal immigration problem in the United States, coupled with the horrendous and unfair trade deals we are making with Mexico, then their contract violating closure of Miss Universe/Miss USA will be determined in court,” Trump said in a statement.
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It appears that Trump has since bought out the remaining shares. “Now own 100% — stay tuned,” Trump tweeted on Friday. NBC has confirmed that they have sold their half of the pageant rights to Trump.
The spat over the beauty pageants also soured Trump’s relationship with the Spanish language network Univision. The channel had a deal with the real estate mogul to broadcast the Miss Universe competition but they backed out following the uproar over his comments on immigration.









