Donald Trump came across as exceptionally smug, obnoxious and narcissistic, all attributes that he personally admires in himself and which nauseate more thoughtful minds. He may be business savvy, but he resorted to the most naive counterarguments against Rosie O'Donnell. Any 'adequate' high school debater knows that an ad hominem attack (retorting the logic of an argument by assaulting the person rather than addressing the issue) is a serious technical foul.
It is interesting that, rather than debate the central claim that he is or is not a 'moral compass' by providing evidence of his good deeds, he instead decided to focus his counterattack on her weight, her homosexuality, and her personality. Has he absolutely no sense of the emotional weight of his words on overweight teenage girls, or on young men who want to emulate his success, and who inevitably will adopt his superficial attitude toward vulnerable women already suffering low self-esteem about their appearance? Is this not demonstration enough of his wayward moral compass, which is what Rosie accused him of to begin with?
A lawsuit? Please. His was an impulsive, venomnous assault to an astute and outspoken comedianne who gets paid to give her subjective 'view' of popular culture. She was completely within the job descriptions of her character on the show. Donald Trump has eagerly played the role of a media-starved business tycoon for decades now, so he is fair-game for the spontaneous dialogue that The View was designed for by his friend Barbara Walters. Rosie is neither a professional journalist who is paid to present objective facts without bias, nor a corporate foe with an agenda related to knowingly disrupting his business interests for her personal profit. I cannot therefore see for the life of me how he would have any basis for a lawsuit; if so, she has an equal basis to sue him for slander.
In fact, I see more potential for a successful lawsuit filed against Donald Trump because his comments were clearly and deliberately designed to impair her career as an entertainer by miring her public reputation, whereas he is not an entertainer and her comments were only indirectly about his business affairs.
2006-12-22 11:32:15 · 10 answers · asked by pat800 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I couldn't have said it better.
Wit always prevails over hate speech; therefore, Rosie's humorous portrayal of The Donald "trumps" Donald's name calling peevishness. Rosie Rocks! Donald Creeps!
Who is Donald trying to kid anyway, who was in charge of his businessess? Wasn't he the CEO?
2006-12-23 01:44:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of course she could file suit against him. But celebrities usually are considered to be "out there" in public anyway and it's therefore very difficult to prove that anyone has slandered or libeled a public figure. And Donald Trump is pretty famous too, so it probably wouldn't work for him to file a suit either.
2006-12-22 11:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by drshorty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say this but I think Rosie's a very insecure person. The only time I ever liked her was when she gave away brand new cars to the contestants of Survivor 4: Marquesas.
2006-12-22 11:39:48 · answer #3 · answered by xander 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First, of all I think Rosie should shut her big mouth. Period. I can't stand her. She has become a blowhard and is in love with herself. I'm not a Trump fan either, but he is not as annoying as she is.
Slander? Not sure there are grounds for that on either side.
2006-12-22 11:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by WonderWoman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, Not unless The Donald, Kelly Ripa and the hundreds of others she has verbally abused can sue her.
2006-12-23 11:07:24 · answer #5 · answered by BellaDonnaRev 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Rosie does not. Trump however does. I hope he sues her. I hope Barabra Walters does not re-new her contract.
2006-12-22 11:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by InTROLLigent 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the whole thing is a fix thought up by Barbara
2006-12-23 00:06:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
guess what SHE ATTACKED him How would you feel for nothing...the issue was the Miss USA thing and what she said was Personal....she has no class in my book..He would win!
2006-12-22 11:35:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why did you re-post this? Once not enough?
2006-12-22 11:34:50 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ Jenn ♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no she should just have kept her mouth shut.
2006-12-22 11:36:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋