Trump’s Media Blitz: Cynical PR Stunt for “The Apprentice”?
That's what MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell said on his show last week, when he admitted to his viewers that Donald Trump's recent "presidential tour" was never anything but a PR campaign by NBC to promote the next season of Trump's show, "The Apprentice."That’s what MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said on his show last week, when he admitted to his viewers that Donald Trump’s recent “presidential tour” was never anything but a PR campaign by NBC to promote the next season of Trump’s show, “The Apprentice.” But the announcement hasn’t had much of an effect, as The Donald is still out and about, being taken seriously in some quarters. –YL
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