I think it’s obvious, “The Apprentice - Vice President!”. The ratings would be through the roof. I imagine it would be a disaster for the campaign but who knows, it might work.
If Trump gets the nomination (seeming more possible by the day) why would he not do this?
That’s actually perfect Trump: shamelessly make a mockery and a world laughingstock of the entire nation’s political system for personal gain. He would certainly do it if he could. It’s the perfect metaphor for how he thinks.
And then, when the VP was picked and the show was over, he would drop out.
He can’t host a program on broadcast TV because of Equal Time regulations. But he certainly could host a big-time, spectacular special on cable or pay per view, complete with guest stars, location shots from around the world, special effects, fireworks, John Williams conducting the Boston Pops and a steel-cage match between the two finalists.
It will be a quality product, AND Mexico will pay for it!
I don’t think it has anything to do with Equal Time regulations. It has to do with time on TV - whether network or cable - counting as contribution to campaign, in kind. Of course, Trump can buy that time - basically running it as an infomercial. But it would be prohibitively expensive.
So instead of buying the time on a TV station, he buys the (fairly small) resources needed to make it available for streaming, and gets the actual networks to comment on the status of the competition as news.
I continue to maintain Trump will need someone experienced as vice to offer suggestions that can then be ignored; and that Romney is the only sane choice to stand behind the Donald, tapping him on the shoulder and breathing: “Remember, thou too are mortal.”
Plus it’s a paying gig for Mitt.
The only faint drawback is that Romney would become pressie if Trump snuffed it. This could be obviated by Trump hiring ninja auto-assassins to go and break in in the middle of the night and choke his vice president to death however the president dies.
Good idea in any case.