Instead of addressing that, he says the network that fired her for that owes him an apology. He tweeted, bob iger of abc called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those made by Roseanne Barr. So that happened, and then came the who is briefing. Cnns Boris Sanchez joins me now with more on how that unfolded. So boris, rather than take a stand on this, the president is basically saying that he never got an apology from abc, correct . Thats about it, anderson. President trump, as you noted, not directly addressing the content of Roseanne Barrs tweets, those vile, racist remarks that at one point she blamed on having taken ambien. Instead, he tried to reframe the narrative and make it about himself. Some have suggested that offers a look into the president s mentality. He did, obviously, use it as an opportunity to take aim at what he perceives as an enemy in the media. Further, the way that the president has sort of crafted his response is notable bec
President trump weighs in on Roseanne Barrs racist tweet without mentioning her racist tweet, not mentioning that she compared Valerie Jarrett, an africanamerican woman, to an ape. Instead of addressing that, he says the network that fired her for that owes him an apology. He tweeted, bob iger of abc called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that abc does not tolerate comments like those made by Roseanne Barr. So that happened, and then came the who is briefing. Cnns Boris Sanchez joins me now with more on how that unfolded. So boris, rather than take a stand on this, the president is basically saying that he never got an apology from abc, correct . Thats about it, anderson. President trump, as you noted, not directly addressing the content of Roseanne Barrs tweets, those vile, racist remarks that at one point she blamed on having taken ambien. Instead, he tried to reframe the narrative and make it about himself. Some have suggested that offers a look into the president s mentality. He di