Macy’s ending business relationship with Donald Trump; Pulling merchandise from stores

Pressure is mounting on real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to backtrack on derogatory comments made about Mexicans.

Days after Univision and NBCUniversal ended business relationships with Trump, longstanding department store Macy's said Wednesday morning that all brand merchandise pertaining to Trump would be pulled from shelves.

"We are disappointed and distressed by recent remarks about immigrants from Mexico," the company said in a statement. "We do not believe the disparaging characterizations portray an accurate picture of the many Mexicans, Mexican Americans and Latinos who have made so many valuable contributions to the success of our nations."

As reported by CNN, Trump responded by saying NBC and Macy's support illegal immigration, adding "I have never been happy about the fact that ties and shirts are made in China, and should I start a new product line somewhere in the future, I would insist that they are made in America."

In 2012, Macy's defended Trump after he repeatedly asked President Obama to release his birth certificate. At the time, the company, which has sold Trump merchandise since 2004, said the decision was not politically motivated.

Macy's announcement comes one day after Trump filed a $500 million lawsuit against Univision for breaching their five-year contract.

"[t]he decision was, in reality, a thinly veiled attempt by Univision, a privately held company principally owned by longtime Clinton Foundation donor and current Hillary Clinton fundraiser, Haim Saban, to suppress Mr. Trump's freedom of speech under the First Amendment as begins to campaign for the nation's presidency," read the complaint.

Yesterday, Trump's office said a Univision executive called and apologized, saying the network's actions were wrong, though Univision CEO Randy Falco immediately assured his staff "we never apologized because we have nothing to apologize for."

Trump called Mexicans rapists and criminals within the first three minutes of his presidential candidacy announcement. While the reality TV star has seen a rise in recent GOP polls, business partners and hosts of the upcoming Miss USA, which Trump partly owns, are distancing themselves.

"I Can Do That" star Cheryl Burke and MSNBC host Thomas Roberts on Tuesday confirmed neither would emcee the July 12 pageant in Louisiana. Last week, Spanish-language co-hosts Roselyn Sánchez and Cristián De La Fuente bowed out after Univision pulled their support.