Donald Trump Says You Can Be 'Evil' And 'Most Horrible Human' On TV On 1 Condition
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MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace said the former president’s comments “cut to the very core” of who he is.
Former President Donald Trump talked about the importance of high ratings ― and how they allow people on TV to be ― in newly released audio from an interview he gave at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in November 2023.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee addressed the idea of returning to NBC — on which he’d previously hosted the business reality show “The Apprentice,” where each week he “fired” a contestant ― in one of six conversations with Variety editor and author Ramin Setoodeh.
The exchanges formed the basis of Setoodeh’s book, “Apprentice in Wonderland.” MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace talked with Setoodeh and aired audio from his 2023 sitdown with Trump on Tuesday.
“So, if I went back to NBC right now to do something, they would do anything I wanted to do, showbiz-wise. I’m talking about,” Trump told Setoodeh. “Doing a show, anything I wanted to do right now, 100%.”
It’s because “that business” is “all about one thing, ratings,” he continued. “If you have ratings, you can be the meanest, most horrible human being in the world.”
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