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I didn’t watch his show when it was regular people. But from the first episode of apprentice with celebs, I was hooked. My dad too. Such a good show to watch human nature, in all its forms. After a couple episodes, you saw people for who they were, you forgot about their other talents. You saw whether they worked hard, how loyal they were, how they solved conflicts, moved beyond obstacles. You saw their natural intelligence at work. You saw conniving and backstabbing too, but it was interesting to see the best parts of human nature come out.

And the boardroom at the end, you saw Trump’s mind at work, and his methods. He was like Solomon. Very fair and very firm. High expectations. Some forgiveness, if the person had promise. He was super nice to everyone even when he was about to point that firing finger at them. One of the best shows on TV.

So I felt I already know how he thinks, and how he asks his underlings (often one of his 3 adult kids) for advice, and how he considers but isn’t slavish to the advice.

One thing that was actually noticeable on his show was the lack of racism in Trump, as well as the lack of patronizing. He didn’t bend over backwards for blacks or Hispanics or gays. He didn’t use them as tokens. Everyone was given the same chance. Men, women, it didn’t matter. Except that he would comment on the beauty of the women and not the men.... Hey, he’s trump. Lol. The winners were of all kinds, but all smart as tacks. I disagreed with him a few times.

Oh, and if you didn’t know: each week the two teams were given tasks, and those tasks usually were for some company of all kinds. And at the end of each week, tens of thousands of dollars they had raised would go to the charity chosen by that week’s winning team captain. Trump would always throw in $10-50k, and the company involves would match that. So every week a ton of money was made to good charities. Over a million on each side by the end of the season.

NAME ANOTHER SHOW THAT DOES THAT!

Great post, Tinkerbelle! I watched the show most of the time over the years and feel exactly as you stated. I thought the tasks and how each team attacked them were interesting and it was great how much money was raised for the various charities. One regret - too bad Joan Rivers isn’t still with us as she was great on the shows (and otherwise).

Best,
Sherman