{"id":51001,"date":"2026-04-30T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/51001\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:31:21","slug":"amazon-rebooting-the-apprentice-with-donald-trump-jr-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/51001\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Rebooting &#8216;The Apprentice&#8217; With Donald Trump Jr.: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cYou\u2019re hired,\u201d but reportedly only if you\u2019re related to Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/amazon-discusses-apprentice-rebootwith-don-jr-as-a-potential-host-fe09e885?st=wSRHZ7&amp;reflink=article_imessage_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported Thursday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/amazon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_amazon\" data-tag=\"amazon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> was considering rebooting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-apprentice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-apprentice\" data-tag=\"the-apprentice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Apprentice<\/a>, but instead of the original host, now President Trump, or his one-season replacement, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the big cheese this time would be Donald Trump Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBut the paper reports discussion of a reboot is still in initial stages, so much so that the company has not yet approached the Trump family. If it gets the greenlight, though, the show would run on Amazon\u2019s Prime Video service, like the documentary film it produced about another Trump, Melania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAmazon acquired previous seasons of The Apprentice when it acquired MGM in 2022. \u201cSince our acquisition of MGM, we have had preliminary internal discussions about what\u2019s next for The Apprentice as a property,\u201d an Amazon spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/apprentice-reboot-donald-trump-jr-host-amazon-1236733857\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Variety<\/a>. \u201cThe show is not in active development, and any reporting on details of the show or names of potential hosts would be purely speculative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tReps for Amazon, the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/donald-trump-jr\/\" id=\"auto-tag_donald-trump-jr\" data-tag=\"donald-trump-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump Jr.<\/a>, and Apprentice producer Mark Burnett did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe competition series premiered in 2004 with the elder Trump ostensibly looking to hire someone to work at his companies, drawing from a pool of candidates by putting them to work with tasks like marketing and branding. When eliminating candidates, Trump would say, \u201cYou\u2019re fired.\u201d Omarosa Manigault Newman became the series\u2019 first breakout star in the first season, though she did not win; Trump later hired her in 2017 as an assistant o him and the Office of Public Liaison\u2019s director of communications at the White House but she was fired before the year was up. Trump hosted 14 seasons of the show, which eventually opened the pool to celebrities. Schwarzenegger hosted the 15th, which ran concurrent with Trump\u2019s first month as president in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon execs began internal discussions about an Apprentice reboot in 2025, around when Trump began his second term as president. This was around the same time it paid $40 million to distribute Melania, 70 percent of which went to the First Lady herself. Amazon contributed $1 million to Trump\u2019s inauguration, according to the paper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAlthough Amazon founder Jeff Bezos retired in 2021, he remains the company\u2019s executive chairman. He has since fostered a closer relationship with Trump, even attending a dinner with the president and King Charles III this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cYou\u2019re hired,\u201d but reportedly only if you\u2019re related to Donald Trump. 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