Well, this is embarrassing: the chief executive of CBS Corporation, Les Moonves, was caught cheering on Donald Trump the same day he came out with his now-infamous religious litmus-test proposal for entry into the country. Lee Fang has the details:
Speaking about the expected flood of campaign advertising dollars, which he described as “phenomenal,” Moonves said that he is glad to have so many Republicans competing for the nomination.
“The more they spend, the better it is for us and: Go Donald! Keep getting out there!” Moonves said. “And, you know, this is fun, watching this, let them spend money on us, and we love having them in there. We’re looking forward to a very exciting political year in ’16.”
The call took place right around the same time Trump announced his intention to bar Muslims immigrants from entering the United States, suggesting the CBS chief didn’t know about that yet.
Seriously, who gives a damn whether he knew or not? Guess Trump’s unsparing denunciation of Mexicans and Latinos as criminals and rapists wasn't enough. Or his nostalgia for forcibly rounding up immigrants and leaving them to die in some random desert across the border. Forget about the fact that he's stirring up a cesspool of nativism or reports that anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim attacks are on the rise. Never mind that Trump is making an international mockery of our democracy.
Cash is king! Let's make some moola off this shit-show! We'll be rolling in the dough, peering down on all the minions toiling away below as they try to clean up the wreckage of our making. Now, that's America!