Donald Trump Fired

There's nothing wrong with being fired on The Apprentice. As a contestant, you have lived in a veritable palace, been mentored by Donald Trump, and had wonderful exposure to a world full of business people that can quite possibly lead to other opportunities. The thing is that if you fire someone for a foolish reason it only illustrates how meaningless and hollow both you and your hit show are.

I just got done watching one of my favorite shows, The Apprentice. The competition is winding down and tonight's episode had the final five contestants battling it out by renting a unit in one of Trump's buildings for the highest amount. There can only be one winner and the losing team had to go to the infamous boardroom.

The project manager of the losing team was Troy, a very affable Southern boy who has led plenty of teams to the promised land. Troy handed Trump a copy of the letter he had sent to the Donald when he graduated from high school. Troy never went to college and his education in the world of business partly came from Trump's classic book, The Art of the Deal. He picked his best friend on the show, Kwame, to go to the boardroom and sent a solid competitor, Bill, back to the suite.

Trump was faced with the dilemma of who to fire. While Troy had been a wonderful leader, he was also a bit of a maverick with his decisions. Kwame never really took a leadership position, even when he was project manager. Trump had asked all three contestants about their education. Troy only has a high school education, Bill has a Bachelor's degree from a good university, and Kwame has an MBA from Harvard.

Trump ended up firing Troy because his company does multi-billion dollar business with corporations all over the world. He felt that Troy's education would be a liability in this area. To me, this was very telling of what a joke this show is.

If Troy's education, something that had been known before he was picked as a contestant on the show, was the deciding factor in him getting fired, that's CRAP. If this is indeed the case, why was Troy even a contestant on the show? By Trump's rationale, Troy never had a chance to win and that is not fair.

One of the annoying things about this show is what an incredible self-promoter Trump is. Everything he does is the "World's Greatest." He has the world's greatest bottled water, golf course, apartment, apartment buildings, casinos, and most definitely, the world's greatest bad haircut. After what the world got to witness on tonight's episode, Trump's show is now the world's greatest sham.