I think Randal's decision was out of synch with everything else he did on the show. something about it doesn't pass the smell test, and it wouldn't surprise me if there was some kind of backstage maneuvering going on that led up to this. As I said to Mrs. Slowboat last night, if Randal had said yes, we would have all said "that's nice", and forgotten about it. Instead, it's the big controversy and the subject of a lot of discussion and speculation.
Look for an epilogue that will get more ratings for Trump.
I agree with you completely and said so on the old Apprentice thread. Now he has to defend his "bad guy" persona in all the forthcoming interviews. There's no point.