Donald Trump is not an easy person to like on first meeting. He is blunt and opinionated, doesn’t suffer fools and seems mostly about his empire. Over a longer time, people figure out when he’s being serious and when he’s just joshing.
“The Apprentice” allowed the public to “know” Donald Trump and smoothed some of his rough edges. Instead of coming across as a wealthy egotist, the show allowed him to be seen as a winner with a desire to help “the little guy” if the little guy was a fighter and a thinker.
The early seasons of the show included a short segment each week where Trump spouted nuggets of his business philosophy. I marveled that a prime time tv show could be about business but I’m sure it taught many who might not have ever considered starting a business.
Burnett created the entertaining format. Trump was the one who could sell the show’s personality. Personally, I don’t like the Celebrity format. It’s like a parody of the real Apprentice show.
Loved your comment. Just as The Apprentice gave we, the public, a clearer view of the real Donald Trump, the show also prepared the Donald for his higher calling.
It gave him the experience and courage to ride down that escalator to Hell where a government, mass media, Wall Street, and Hollywood were waiting to destroy him.
The sweet irony is this: a political Apprentice is now pulling America out of a great swamp of greed, sloth, mediocrity, and corruption. And he will raise America up again to the glory of God and all free, self-reliant men.