Donald Trump sold his stake in the Miss Universe pageant earlier this year amid fallout from his racist remarks about Latinos, but that didn't stop him from enjoying the show.
Well, not at first, anyway. But once Steve Harvey mistakenly crowned the wrong woman as the winner, Trump's support went out the window.
“I think I'd make 'em a co-winner. It would be very cool," Trump told Today on Monday. “What happened to the girl from Colombia is devastating, to give it to her for a couple of minutes and then take it away."
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