Leave it to our current president to take 14 years to realize the obvious . . . and share it on live television. Following a casual mention by Donald Trump of The Apprentice, the game show that brought him notoriety for wealth and management experience that have since been thrown into question, the president put two and two together about why his show about people working for him as apprentices would be called The Apprentice.
At a White House jobs event yesterday, Trump told the audience that “23 companies and associations are pledging to expand apprenticeships,” which is where the gears started turning: “That’s an interesting word for me to be saying, right? The Apprentice?” Certainly! We all know that he used to host a show of that name, which was about people literally apprenticing . . . but did he? Not before this moment, it seems: “I never actually put that together until just now,” Trump continued. “That was a good experience, I will tell you that.” Still processing, he called out his daughter and past cohost of the show, wondering aloud, “Isn’t that strange, Ivanka? I never associated, but here we are, can’t get away from that word.” We sure can’t.
