Donald Trump Has Spent A Lot Of Time Battling Drag Queens
Long before he stared down Hillary Clinton in a high-stakes presidential campaign; before he bested 16 other Republicans for the party's nomination; before he needled President Barack Obama with conspiracies about his birth; before he looked Gary Busey in the eyes and uttered those two cold words -- "you're fired" -- before he clotheslined Vince McMahon on "Wrestlemania" and jilted Jesse "The Body" Ventura in a proposed run as a "Reform Party" presidential contender, Donald Trump squared off against another foe altogether: drag queens.
The disputes began shortly after Trump purchased the Miss Universe Pageant in the mid-1990s. The real estate tycoon was keen on transforming the relatively stodgy affair into something, well, glitzier, more Trump-like. And part of his plan involved stamping out any potential imposters, including many drag shows that were using the "Miss Universe" name.
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