Meryl Streep had supported Donald Trump’s opponent Hillary Clinton during the presidential race and spoke at the Democratic National Convention. Photo: PTIWashington: President-elect Donald Trump dismissed a critique by actress Meryl Streep, calling her “one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood” and a “Hillary flunky who lost big” and denying he imitated a disabled reporter in 2015. Streep had supported Trump’s opponent Hillary Clinton during the presidential race and spoke at the Democratic National Convention. “For the 100th time, I never ‘mocked’ a disabled reporter,” Trump tweeted Monday, insisting he “would never do that” but was simply showing Kovaleski “grovelling” after changing a story that made Trump look bad. ALSO READ | Meryl Streep slams Trump; ‘La La Land’ creates history at Golden GlobesIn response to her remarks, Trump told the New York Times in an interview Monday that “people keep saying I intended to mock the reporter’s disability, as if Meryl Streep and others could read my mind, and I did no such thing.”“And remember, Meryl Streep introduced Hillary Clinton at her convention, and a lot of these people supported Hillary,” Trump told the newspaper.

Source: Mint January 09, 2017 15:38 UTC