trump is a television personality

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Donald Trump, a two-time Emmy Award-nominated personality, has made appearances as a caricatured version of himself in television series and films (e.g. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
Days of our Lives), and as a character (The Little Rascals.) He has been the subject of comedians, flash cartoon artists, and online caricature artists.

In 2003, Trump became the executive producer and host of the NBC reality show, The Apprentice, in which a group of competitors battled for a high-level management job in one of Trump's commercial enterprises. The other contestants were successively "fired" and eliminated from the game. In 2004, Donald Trump filed a trademark application for the catchphrase "You're fired".<1><2><3>

For the first year of the show Trump was paid $50,000 per episode (roughly $700,000 for the first season), but following the show's initial success, he is now paid a reported $3 million per episode, making him one of the highest paid TV personalities.

In December 2006, talk show host Rosie O'Donnell criticized Trump on The View for "acting as a moral compass for 20-year-olds" after giving a second chance to Miss USA, Tara Conner, who had violated pageant guidelines by partying and drinking. Trump, who owns the rights to the pageant, decided to let Conner retain the Miss USA crown while she pursued rehabilitation. O'Donnell called Trump a snake oil salesman and claimed he was bankrupt. A tabloid war raged for several weeks thereafter between the two celebrities.<51> Trump appeared on numerous TV shows slamming O'Donnell, calling her names, threatening to sue her, threatening to take away her partner Kelli and claimed that Barbara Walters regretted hiring O'Donnell. Walters denied the allegations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

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1. Ray-Gun was a 'B' movie actor

'nuff said.

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2. hence the scary

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4. indeed... Mooseburger doesn't stand a chance. Trump is something to be concerned about

because of the Cult of Personality thing. :scared:

[EmmettKelly]

3. Ronald Reagan was a divorced, ex-democrat movie and

television personality.

Jesse Venture was an ex-professional wrestler and lousy talk radio guy.

Al Franken was a comedian and talk radio host.

None of them could get elected dog catcher, unless somebody recognized the name on a ballot.