David is gone because he was a wimp. I would not want him running anything for me. He pretty much let Richard walk over and talk down to him. The only reason he had the guts to finally speak up in the board room was because he knew Jose had his back. At one point I thought he was going to cry.
At first I wanted Richard to go, but was glad to David leave. I hate a weak man.
I was watching David's face and it almost did look like he was crying because there were wet streaks? on his face then the next shot there was none. Wonder if they edited that part.
I agree, he was bullied. That Richard Hatch is CRAZY!!!!!
It wasn't just Hatch. Trump kind of humiliated David, too, saying things like, "David you ARE a small man. Do you think Richard wouldn't have pushed you around if you were bigger and taller, the size of Jose? Can you imagine Richard doing that to Jose? maybe it's because of who you are?"
Then David had to defend his size & weight. I don't think David was whining. Hatch kept lying about pushing David and David kept refuting that. Trump was the one that kept that conversation in play, then I think Trump cut him off at the knees when he said David was whining. David got really quiet at that point. He was damned if he spoke up to defend himself because he'd be considered whining, and damned if he didn't.
Richard Hatch was a pushy, lying, bully, who disrespected David, called him a bunch of derogative adjectives that even
Ivanka pointed out over and over.
But, Trump turned the conversation to be about David's size, rather than the fact that Hatch shouldn't have disrespected
anyone, no matter what they looked like. Would he have been able to get away with it if he had done that to one of the smaller women? What if David was a different race? Disrespect is disrespect.
David should have stood up for himself more. But, I don't think he's used to being humiliated like that, especially when it was going to be later televised. His daughter would have to watch that later, Trump & Hatch calling him a small man in more ways than one.
He turned to Jose, as his back up witness,
because Hatch lied over and over, the same way a lawyer would bring in a witness in court to testify to refute false allegations. No one calls the defendant a wimp for bringing in witnesses to testify.
David's mistake was that once Trump & Don Jr. told him to quit
relying on Jose and to stand up for himself, without Jose, he habitually turned to Jose again. He caught himself, but not in time. And that was clearly the end for Trump.