the crawl hadn't got that far in his sentence.
Place your bets.
ETA: well, no, of course not. In trump's defense (and it hurts me to say that), he seems to be saying this in jest. Or not.
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Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: Pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger
By Louis Nelson | 02/02/17 09:40 AM EST
President Donald Trump asked attendees at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday morning to pray for former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who replaced him as the host of NBC’s “The Celebrity Apprentice,” because the show’s ratings have not reached the level they did with Trump as the star.
Trump was introduced at the breakfast by Mark Burnett, the producer and creator of both “The Celebrity Apprentice” as well as the show’s original version, “The Apprentice.” Trump called Burnett “a special, special friend” and said they had “had an amazing life together.” But the president also took a shot at the producer who launched the reality TV show that magnified his fame and broadcast him into millions of living rooms around the country.
“When I ran for president, I had to leave the show. That's when I knew for sure I was doing it. And they hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to take pace my place, and we know how that turned out,” Trump said. “The ratings went right down the tubes. It's been a total disaster. And Mark will never, ever bet against Trump again, and I want to just pray for Arnold, if we can, for those ratings, okay?”
Schwarzenegger quickly responded on his own Twitter account, publishing a video in which he addresses the president directly: "Hey Donald, I have a great idea. Why don’t we switch jobs? You take over TV, because you’re such an expert in ratings, and I take over your job, and then people can finally sleep comfortably again." Schwarzenegger was likely joking, as he is constitutionally ineligible to be president since he was born in Austria and became a U.S. citizen in 1983.
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Louis Nelson | lnelson@politico.com |
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