Trump asks faith leaders to pray for Schwarzenegger’s ‘Apprentice’ ratings
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump attended an annual prayer breakfast on Thursday and asked assembled faith leaders to pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ratings. On his maiden visit to the marquee political and religious event, Trump took a joking swipe at his successor a s
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. I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can for those ratings, okay?
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host of “The Apprentice.” “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.” “I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can for those ratings, okay?” Trump said. Schwarzenegger took over as host of the show on NBC television after Trump ditched the boardroom for an improbable foray into politics. Trump remains an executive producer on the show. It is not the fi rst time he has taken on “The Terminator” star. A few weeks before being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, Trump took to Twitter to mock his “Apprentice” successor. In a pair of early morning tweet s, Tr u mp ripped into the actor-turnedpolitician, ridiculing the audience numbers for the season premiere and calling himself a “ratings machine” by comparison.
“Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got ‘ swamped’ (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for.... being a movie star- and that was season 1 compared to season 14. Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary,” Trump wrote.
Schwarzenegger, a former California governor, was among the Republican fi gures who refused to back Trump’s bid for the presidency.
He responded to Trump’s comments on Thursday with a brief video statement.
“Hey, Donald, I have a great idea,” Schwarzenegger said.
“Why don’t we switch jobs? You take over TV, because you’re such an expert in ratings. And I take over your job. And then people can fi nally sleep comfortably again.” — AFP