Most out there, including Schwarzenegger, are really missing the whole picture of what Trump was doing at the National Prayer Breakfast with this statement:
“But we had tremendous success on "The Apprentice." And when I ran for President, I had to leave the show. That’s when I knew for sure I was doing it. And they hired a big, big movie star -- Arnold Schwarzenegger -– to take my place. And we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes. It’s been a total disaster. And Mark will never, ever bet against Trump again. And I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can, for those ratings, okay?”
Sure Trump has an off-the-scale narcissism problem and taking a shot at Schwarzenegger was only a matter of time since Arnold said this in October:
“As proud as I am to label myself a Republican, there is one label that I hold above all else – American,” he said, with an attached, much longer statement explaining that for the first time, he won’t be voting for the Republican presidential candidate.”
Trump is a petty, little man who sees everything as a battle that he has to win to get his father to love him (obligatory link to this great West Wing scene). News flash to Trump: you disappointed your father time after time. Get over it and don’t get us involved with your schemes to make it better.
But the whole picture about Trump’s head shot on Arnold this morning is that Trump is still an Executive Producer of Celebrity Apprentice. He is still getting paid a boatload of money for the show. This morning he was killing two birds with one stone — he was crapping all over Arnold and he was promoting the show that he still has a financial interest in.
To quote the great Nicky Santoro from Casino — “it was always the dollars, always the fuckin' dollars.” The old adage to follow the money is going to be more applicable to the Trump crime family than it ever was, or more than it is ever going to be.