This explains why Trump still behaves like he's on Celebrity Apprentice

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Dylan Byers @DylanByers
VARIETY: "Donald Trump to Remain Executive Producer on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’”

MGM confirmed to Variety that Trump has retained his EP credit on the series. The president-elect’s status on the 15th season of the reality series that made him a household name has been a question since Trump launched his presidential campaign in June 2015. In the credit sequence, Trump’s name will air after that of “Apprentice” creator Mark Burnett and before Schwarzenegger, who is also an exec producer of the new incarnation along with Page Feldman and Eric Van Wagenen.

The larger issue for MGM, NBC, and the White House is the payment that Trump will receive for the series. It’s unclear what his per-episode fee is, but it is likely to be in the low five-figures, at minimum. NBC has ordered eight episodes of “The New Celebrity Apprentice.” Trump’s fees will be paid through MGM, the production entity on the show, not NBC. MGM declined to comment on the financial terms of Trump’s deal. A spokeswoman for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment. NBC declined to comment.

Trump is also a profit participant on the “Apprentice” franchise, which has been sold as a format in various markets around the world since it first became a hit on NBC in 2004. Trump bowed out as frontman of the show as he launched his political career. His last episode of “Celebrity Apprentice” aired in February 2015. NBC wound up cutting its business ties to Trump in July 2015 amid the outrage stirred by Trump’s assertion that many Mexican illegal immigrants are criminals and rapists.

The fact that a sitting president will be on the payroll of a current TV show is another example of the thicket of potential conflicts of interest raised by Trump’s segue from private businessman and TV star to commander-in-chief...


read: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/donald-trump-mark-burnett-celebrity-apprentice-executive-producer-1201937420/

Michael Cohen ?@speechboy71 1h1 hour ago
NBC will be in business with a person their news division will report on every day. How is that possible?

[pbmus]

1. The Trumpster is a constitutional crisis walking

From the very first minute he is sworn in, impeachment hearings should start..

[RazBerryBeret]

2. this is crazy...

but he is the ultimate "Business Man" making money any way he can....

I'm convinced his Secretary of State will be picked in an "apprentice" fashion... around a boardroom, Trump will tell them what they've done wrong, and then all but one will be fired. "you're fired"....
and it will be televised of course...