And I think you make the best case here - It was up to Trump to hire an apprentice, not Randal. If he wanted to hire both of them, he should have hired both of them. It shouldn't have been Randal's decision.
As to Randal's decision, I think he made the right one. She may be a firecracker and solid as a rock, but while he has time and time again expressed respect for her, I don't think he thought she had what it took. And how the question was phrased, "if you were me, would you hire her as well?" I think he not only answered it properly, but exactly how Trump felt. He wanted to be convinced, yes, but the name of the game is The Apprentice, and that was what he got.
Had Randal argued differently, yes, she would have been hired. It would not surprise me if Trump did indeed hire her; but she won't be The Apprentice and that's right in my mind.
If he wanted to hire both of them, he should have hired both of them. It shouldn't have been Randal's decision.
Of course it was never Randal's actual decision. The whole set up is called "good television". You have to admit that it was dramatic, and look at us talking about it now. Mission accomplished.
As to Randal's decision, I think he made the right one. She may be a firecracker and solid as a rock, but while he has time and time again expressed respect for her, I don't think he thought she had what it took. And how the question was phrased, "if you were me, would you hire her as well?" I think he not only answered it properly, but exactly how Trump felt.
Immediately after Randal threw Rebecca under the bus, Trump practically said in words that he would have hired Rebecca if Randal had supported it. As I argued in an earlier post, in the Trump organization "President of one of my companies" equals a mid-level manager's job. Nothing to look down on, but come on, no apprentice has any serious responsibility. There is no "The"Apprentice. This is the fourth season. Randal would not have been threatened in any way and he could have played the chivalrous hero. He passed. A very weak move IMO, and I think he will be taken to task on it in the endless series of forthcoming interviews.
As to Randal's decision, I think he made the right one. She may be a firecracker and solid as a rock, but while he has time and time again expressed respect for her, I don't think he thought she had what it took. And how the question was phrased, "if you were me, would you hire her as well?" I think he not only answered it properly, but exactly how Trump felt. He wanted to be convinced, yes, but the name of the game is The Apprentice, and that was what he got
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