Last week, there was a social media argument between two
well-known people: business mogul Donald Trump and rap artist Mac Miller. Mac
Miller's first well-known song titled Donald
Trump was just now discovered by the business mogul it was named after. In
outrage, Donald Trump took his anger to Twitter. He mentioned him in multiple
tweets, stating "Little @MacMiller, you illegally used my name for your
song “Donald Trump” and "Little @MacMiller, I want the money not the
plaque you gave me!" He even threatened legal action: "Little
@MacMiller, I’m now going to teach you a big boy lesson about lawsuits and
finance. You ungrateful dog!" Mac Miller took to both Twitter and
Facebook, posting statuses to his fans to disagree with Mister Trump's legal
threats.
It can be easily understood through these Tweets that the
two celebrities have a difficult time with arguments, as they seem to be people
who need to edge in the last word. This could make this situation problematic,
but mostly for rapper Mac Miller. Donald Trump obviously has a significantly
larger amount of money and net worth than Mac Miller, and his legal threats
could become problematic for the rapper. A million-dollar lawsuit is not an
entertaining thing for anyone to go through, and can attract a lot of media
attention. Also, due to the fact that Donald Trump has his last name
trademarked (since it is the name of the company he owns), he has complete
legal grounds to pursue a lawsuit against Mac Miller.
This situation brings to light the easiness of filing a
lawsuit against someone in the modern day United States. It also brings to
light how easy lawsuits come to people who have a voluptuous amount of money. It
also aids the argument that celebrities are involved in more legal situations
than the common man. Taking all of these points into consideration, it is
easily seen that this occurrence could aid in the bogging down of the court
systems with all of the lawsuits going on right now. Also taking that last
point into consideration, it is understood that this settlement will probably
involve no courts and just a large check made out to Donald Trump. The entire
event brings to light how power and money can create a legal situation that
needn't even exist.
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