In middle-of-the-night Reality Social put up, Donald Trump weighed within the film The Apprentice, unsurprisingly calling it a “low cost, defamatory and politically disgusting hatchet job.”
Again in Might, Trump had threatened to sue over the film, along with his attorneys submitting a stop and desist demand. That will have delayed the power of the producers to acquire a distributor, however as soon as they did, Trump and his crew have but to file any litigation.
The Apprentice tells of the early days of Trump in Seventies and ’80s Manhattan, the place Roy Cohn teaches his “apprentice” find out how to combat again towards a federal lawsuit alleging that Trump and his father engaged in discrimination towards Black candidates looking for to lease housing from them.
Essentially the most objectionable scene seems to be one the place Trump (Sebastian Stan) sexually assaults his then-wife Ivana. The scene is predicated on one in every of Ivana Trump’s depositions, which she later mentioned was made throughout a interval of “excessive pressure” throughout their divorce proceedings and “completely with out benefit.”
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The Apprentice opened to a lackluster $1.58 million on the field workplace over the weekend.
One of many figures portrayed within the film — Roger Stone, a longtime Trump ally who helped steer him to a profession in politics — truly praised the portrayals.
Director Ali Abbasi responded, Thanks for getting again to us @realDonaldTrump . I’m out there to speak additional if you need. Right this moment is a decent day w numerous press for #TheApprentice however i would have the ability to offer you a name tomorrow.”
Trump’s full Reality Social put up:
“A FAKE and CLASSLESS Film written about me, referred to as, The Apprentice (Do they even have the appropriate to make use of that title with out approval?), will hopefully “bomb.” It’s an affordable, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job, put out proper earlier than the 2024 Presidential Election, to attempt to harm the Biggest Political Motion within the Historical past of our Nation, ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’ My former spouse, Ivana, was a form and great individual, and I had an ideal relationship together with her till the day she died. The author of this pile of rubbish, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has lengthy been broadly discredited, knew that, however selected to disregard it. So unhappy that HUMAN SCUM, just like the folks concerned on this hopefully unsuccessful enterprise, are allowed to say and do no matter they need in an effort to harm a Political Motion, which is much larger than any of us. MAGA2024!”