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■ Meghan McCain said Monday that President Donald Trump is leading a “pathetic life,” as she escalated her pushback against Trump’s weekend attacks on Twitter against her late father, Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Trump “spends his weekend obsessing over great men, because he knows it, and I know it, and all of you know it, he will never be a great man,” Meghan McCain,
Meghan a co-host of ABC’s The View, said
McCain of Trump during Monday’s episode. She remembered how before his death nearly seven months ago from brain cancer, her father would spend time with her and others in the family by cooking, hiking and fishing on the weekends. Upon seeing Trump’s tweets about her father over the weekend, Meghan McCain said, she thought that “your life is spent on your weekends not with your family, not with your friends, but obsessing, obsessing over great men you could never live up to.” “That tells you everything you need to know about his pathetic life right now,” she added. “I genuinely feel bad for his family. I can’t imagine having a father that does this on the weekends.” In a tweet on Saturday, Trump quoted former independent counsel Ken Starr, who criticized John McCain on a recent Fox News show. In the segment, Starr referred to reports that a McCain ally had shared with the media parts of a dossier that included allegations that Trump had links to the Russian government. Trump also criticized the senator for his vote against repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2017. On Sunday, Trump took another swipe at McCain, including a false assertion that he was “last in his class” at the U.S. Naval Academy. Later in the day, Trump retweeted a post from a supporter who wrote that “millions of Americans truly LOVE President Trump, not McCain.” That came in response to an earlier tweet from Meghan McCain that was directed at Trump. “No one will ever love you the way they loved my father,” she said.
■ Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara stepped down from the studio Monday amid allegations that he promised roles to an actress in exchange for sex. WarnerMedia chief executive John Stankey announced Tsujihara’s exit as chairman and chief executive of Warner Bros., saying his departure was in the studio’s “best interest.” Earlier this month, WarnerMedia began investigating after a Tsujihara
March 6 story by the Hollywood Reporter detailed text messages between Tsujihara and British actress Charlotte Kirk going back to 2013. The messages suggested a quid pro quo sexual relationship between the aspiring actress and the studio head in which he made promises that he’d introduce her to executives and she’d be considered for roles in movies and television. Kirk appeared in Warner Bros.’ How to Be Single in 2016 and Ocean’s 8 in 2018. She has denied any inappropriate behavior on the part of Tsujihara or other executives, saying, “Mr. Tsujihara never promised me anything.”