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announced Saturday that he wants Mark Burnett , the British television producer who created “ The Apprentice ,” to serve as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his second term.
“The Apprentice,” of course, was the NBC reality show that launched Trump’s name and brand from the New York regional tabloid scene to national and international fame when its first season debuted in 2004. Yet the reality TV mogul has been mostly quiet about his relationship with Trump in the time since he kicked off his 2016 presidential campaign.In the weeks before that year’s election, Burnett endured a public roasting during late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s opening monologue at the 2016 Emmys.
“We don’t have to watch reality shows anymore, because we’re living in one. Thank you, Mark,” said an unsmiling Kimmel.
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