It’s still about money.
Who is the demographic for beauty pagents? It isn’t the left (who have been denouncing beauty pagents for decades.) It is the more traditonal/conservative right.
If Trump dumped her (because she didn’t toe the leftist line) he would see the ratings for his pagents in the future go into the dumpster. His core audience (traditional conservatives) would boycott them.
What he’ll probably do in the future (and should have done in the past) is tell the judges/staff to leave their politics at home. And if they can’t do that, he’ll replace them.
Prerez (sp?) asked a loaded political question. That’s what started this whole mess (as far as Trump is concerned.)
Next chapter: Miss California and Perez Hilton on the next season of Celebrity Apprentice.