In case you missed Trump’s twitter fingers at work last night, no worries you didn’t miss much, just the usual Trump-hateration against a celebrity, or entity of his choice. This go ’round, it was Oprah Winfrey who was on the receiving end of his Twitter insults, although I doubt that she was offended at all by anything he had to say. At any rate, here’s what Trump did on Sunday night, that now has many celebrities shuttin’ him down left and right.
The Interview
On 60 Minutes, Oprah interviewed 14 Trump and non-Trump voters from Michigan, who discussed how they feel he’s performed as President of the United States thus far. During the episode, Oprah did what she always has done- allowed her guests to voice their opinions, regardless of what side of the fence they’re on.
But He Had Issues
Apparently, Donald had an issue with that and would have probably preferred that Oprah only interviewed those in support of his political tactics. That was evident in his late night tweet about the woman whom many fans wish would run against him in 2020, a wish he has now rekindled as well.
Trump tweeted that Oprah is “insecure” and also claimed that her “questions were biased and slanted.” He then stated that he hopes Oprah reconsiders running for POTUS in 2020 (something she said she’ll never do) so that he can “expose” and “defeat” her. Here’s his full tweet:
“Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes. The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!” Trump tweeted after the show was broadcast.
Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes. The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2018
Now, the last person who should be mentioning the word, “exposed,” is Donald Trump. Given all of the scandals he’s caught up in, he may just wanna be quiet on such matters, but then that would be too much like right. Anywho, check out the celebrity army that has jumped to Oprah’s defense against Trump’s bashing of her below…
Roland Martin:
Now @realDonaldTrump is attacking @Oprah on @60Minutes? This man is angry tweeting because the deadly shooting in Florida kept him from playing golf. Now he's acting like a spoiled brat. Geez. Grow up. https://t.co/JraaVBiKtP
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) February 19, 2018
Star Jones
This #twocansshortofasixpack #ManchurianCandidate #POTUS needs to stick to avoiding porn stars & playmates. You don’t come for Oprah unless she sends for you. ‘Cause if you come for the queen…you best not miss! #boybye https://t.co/jFUvHXkVFr
— Star Jones (@StarJonesEsq) February 19, 2018
Ava Duvernay
https://twitter.com/ava/status/965612205176532992
“Empire’s” Jussie Smollett
Please shut up. #WakandaForever 🙅🏾♀️🙅🏾♂️ https://t.co/KXisDQeCBg
— Jussie Smollett (@JussieSmollett) February 19, 2018
Actor, Jeffrey Wright
Turn your TV off. Damn. https://t.co/IkaSRWmdaa
— Jeffrey Wright 🥜 (@jfreewright) February 19, 2018
Ana Navarro
Read this tweet.
Oprah does not sound like the “very insecure” one. https://t.co/fVjPWM1smJ— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) February 19, 2018
Actor, Tommy Chong (of Cheech & Chong)
Oprah is not your problem Potty Mouth. You are your problem. You keep confessing your crimes before being charged. Russia is your problem.
— Tommy Chong (@tommychong) February 19, 2018
Comedian, George Wallace
.@realDonaldTrump Keep @Oprah's name out ya mouth. The Color Orange is no match for The Color Purple!
— George Wallace (@MrGeorgeWallace) February 19, 2018
I’d Beat Oprah
According to CNN, Oprah’s speech at the January Golden Globes — in which she praised the #MeToo movement — prompted calls for the star to run for president and at least one hypothetical poll gave her an 11% lead over Trump.
Amid the speculation, Trump told reporters:
“Yeah, I’d beat Oprah. Oprah would be a lot of fun. I know her very well. You know I did one of her last shows — she had Donald Trump (this is before politics) her last week and she had Donald Trump and my family, it was very nice. No, I like Oprah. I don’t think she’s going to run.”
Back in 1999, Trump was more effusive about the then talk-show host. Asked on CNN about a potential vice presidential running mate, Trump told Larry King:
“Oprah — I love Oprah — Oprah would always be my first choice.”
Oprah was “really a great woman — she is a terrific woman — she’s someone that’s very special,” he said.
“I think if she’d do it, she’d be fantastic. I mean she’s popular, she’s brilliant, she’s a wonderful woman. I mean if she’d ever do it — I don’t know that she’d ever do it …. she’d be sort of like me. I’ve got a lot of things going, she’s got a lot of things going.”
Trump concluded then that the two of them would be a “pretty good ticket.”
‘Not in my DNA’
On Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes” Overtime, Oprah said her Golden Globes speech had not been an attempt to dip her toe into politics.
Read Oprah Winfrey’s rousing Golden Globes speech in full:
“In 1964, I was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother’s house in Milwaukee watching Anne Bancroft present the Oscar for best actor at the 36th Academy Awards. She opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history: “The winner is Sidney Poitier.” Up to the stage came the most elegant man I had ever seen. I remember his tie was white, and of course his skin was black, and I had never seen a black man being celebrated like that. I tried many, many times to explain what a moment like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through the door bone tired from cleaning other people’s houses. But all I can do is quote and say that the explanation in Sidney’s performance in “Lilies of the Field”: “Amen, amen, amen, amen.”
In 1982, Sidney received the Cecil B. DeMille award right here at the Golden Globes and it is not lost on me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given this same award. It is an honor — it is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them and also with the incredible men and women who have inspired me, who challenged me, who sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible. Dennis Swanson who took a chance on me for “A.M. Chicago.” Quincy Jones who saw me on that show and said to Steven Spielberg, “Yes, she is Sophia in ‘The Color Purple.'” Gayle who has been the definition of what a friend is, and Stedman who has been my rock — just a few to name.
I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because we all know the press is under siege these days. We also know it’s the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To — to tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies. I want to say that I value the press more than ever before as we try to navigate these complicated times, which brings me to this: what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. And I’m especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. Each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story.
But it’s not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It’s one that transcends any culture, geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They’re the women whose names we’ll never know. They are domestic workers and farm workers. They are working in factories and they work in restaurants and they’re in academia, engineering, medicine, and science. They’re part of the world of tech and politics and business. They’re our athletes in the Olympics and they’re our soldiers in the military.
And there’s someone else, Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy Taylor was a young wife and mother walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville, Alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church. They threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story was reported to the NAACP where a young worker by the name of Rosa Parks became the lead investigator on her case and together they sought justice. But justice wasn’t an option in the era of Jim Crow. The men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday. She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.
Their time is up. And I just hope — I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes marching on. It was somewhere in Rosa Parks’ heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision to stay seated on that bus in Montgomery, and it’s here with every woman who chooses to say, “Me too.” And every man — every man who chooses to listen.
In my career, what I’ve always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere and how we overcome. I’ve interviewed and portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest nights. So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say “Me too” again.”
What say you ILOSM family- think Trump gets the picture now?
