THE PRESIDENT STRIKES BACK – AT 1:18 P.M. ET:   It was probably inevitable that Roseanne's blunder would get her fired.   She's a Trump supporter, so she was already a sinner in Hollywood.  But people have wondered how Mr. Trump would react.  We now have it.  From Daily Mail: 

President Donald Trump weighed in on the Roseanne Barr controversy with a complaint Wednesday that he never got an apology from ABC for the 'for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC.'

It was uncertain which statements from the TV network Trump was referring to although he could have been referring to a story from reporter Brian Ross that the network retracted or to his March twitter war with comedian Jimmy Kimmel.  

ABC said Tuesday that it was cancelling Barr's television show just hours after the comedian assaulted Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett on Twitter.

ABC released a statement on Tuesday afternoon, calling Barr's tweets 'abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values'.

The president's comment:

Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?

COMMENT:  The president is right.  He didn't defend Roseanne, and he should not.  But calling attention to the vulgar attacks on him at ABC is entirely appropriate.  He might, in the future, add the horrible, tasteless remarks made in the print press. 

May 30, 2018