DONALD TRUMP OPENED THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST WHICH HAS BEEN A
TRADITION FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH TALK ABOUT TV RATINGS,
BECAUSE NOTHING IS MORE CHRISTIAN THAN COMPETITION IN
REGARD TO TV RATINGS.
HE HAD TO STEP DOWN FROM THE APPRENTICE
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT HE IS
NOW THE PRESIDENT.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TOOK HIS PLACE.
AND APPARENTLY THE RATINGS HAVE BEEN LACKLUSTER.
TAKE A LOOK.
>>WE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ON THE APPRENTICE.
WHEN I RAN FOR
PRESIDENT I HAD TO LEAVE THE
SHOW.
THAT IS WHAT I KNEW FOR SURE I WAS DOING IT.
AND THEY
HIRED A 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.
I
WANT TO JUST PRAY FOR ARNOLD IF WE CAN FOR THOSE RATINGS, OKAY?
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING POLITICS, AND
NOW YOU ARE WATCHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE NATIONAL PRAYER
BREAKFAST IS A SOLEMN, SERIOUS OCCASION.
IT'S NOT WHERE YOU
MAKE JOKES ABOUT TV RATINGS.
I GUESS TO TRUMP'S CREDIT, HE HAS
MADE EVERYTHING MORE ENTERTAINING.
IF HILLARY CLINTON
HAD GONE ON IT WOULD'VE BEEN INTENSELY DULL.
SHE WOULD'VE HAD
A VERY SERIOUS PRAYER ABOUT
TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDY AND YADA YADA.
TRUMP GOES IN THERE
AND SAYS WHO CARES ABOUT THE
NEEDY ARE THE POOR?
LET'S TALK ABOUT ME AND THE RATINGS I USED
TO GET!
MARK BURNETT IS A PRODUCER OF APPRENTICE AND IS
VERY CHRISTIAN ñ HE CARES A LOT ABOUT IT, HE DONATES TO
CHRISTIAN GROUPS.
TRUMP CAN'T HELP HIMSELF HE SEES MARK
BURNETT AND SAYS THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO RUB IT IN.
IS THAT A
THING A CHRISTIAN DOES?
>>I'M MORE POPULAR THAN YOU ARE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AS IT TURNS OUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PLOY TO GET
APPRENTICES NUMBERS UP.
WHY?
DONALD TRUMP IS STILL THE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE SHOW.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
HE STILL
MAKES MONEY FROM THE SHOW.
SO HE GOES TO A THING THAT IS SUPER
SERIOUS, AND HE IS SERVING HIS OWN SELF INTEREST.
HE GETS TO
TALK SMACK AGAINST ARNOLD, WHAT
SHE WANTS TO DO ANYWAY.
TWO, IT MIGHT INCREASE THE RATINGS OF A
THING HE IS GOING TO MAKE MONEY
FROM.
>>THAT IS NOT A FAR-FETCHED HYPOTHESIS, CONSIDERING THE FACT
THAT THERE ARE NOW SUBTLE ADS IN EVERY PRESS CONFERENCE AND
COMMUNICATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
JUST TODAY, SEAN SPICER
GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND OPENED IT BY TALKING ABOUT MARA
LAGO, HOW THAT IS TRUMPS WINTER WHITE HOUSE RESORT.
THEY JUST
INCREASED THE ANNUAL FEE TO $200,000 FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
SUBTLE HINTS, TRUMP IS
GOING TO BE THERE.
200,000.
WE ARE GOING TO GET THESE SUBTLE
ADS, AND I GUESS THAT IS WHAT WE GET IT.
>>THE FUNNY THING IS ARNOLD RESPONDED.
THE LAST TIME TRUMP
TOOK A DIG AT HIM, ARNOLD CAME BACK WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
EITHER HE IS WATCHING THE NEWS
RELIGIOUSLY, OR MAYBE HE KNEW TRUMP WAS GOING TO SAY
SOMETHING?
>>IT HAPPENED QUICKLY.
MINUTES LATER SCHWARZENEGGER RESPONDED
IN A 15 SECOND VIDEO AND POSTED TO HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT.
HERE IS THE VIDEO FOR YOU.
>> HEY DONALD, I HAVE A GREAT IDEA.
WHY DON'T WE SWITCH JOBS.
YOU TAKE OVER TV, BECAUSE YOU'RE
SUCH AN EXPERT IN RATINGS.
AND I TAKE OVER YOUR SHOW, AND THEN
PEOPLE CAN FINALLY SLEEP
COMFORTABLY AGAIN.
>> THEY DEFINITELY PLANNED IT.
A COUPLE OF MINUTES AFTER HE SAYS
IT?
HE HAS IT READY AND A CAMERA PERSON THERE?
IF IT WAS
IMPROMPTU, I HEAR YOU.
NO, THEY
PLANNED IT.
AMAZING.
THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST, THE
MOST SERIOUS THING YOU CAN GO
TO.
THEY TURNED IT INTO A TV GIMMICK.
THIS IS OLD SCHOOL
WRESTLING.
THIS IS HOW TRUMP USED TO RISE IN FAME.
HE HAD A
BEEF WITH ROSIE O'DONNELL, AND THEN HE SMASHED A COCONUT OVER
HER HEAD.
NOW WITH ARNOLD SHORTENING HER, THE FAKE BEEF.
THE APPRENTICE RATINGS ARE IN THE TANK, AND HE MAKES MONEY
FROM IT, HE NEEDS IT TO GO UP.
REMEMBER HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING FOR YOU.
HE IS NOT DOING THAT, HE IS WORKING FOR HIMSELF.
>>WELL, HE'S GOING TO MAKE AN EXTRA BUCK.