Six of Donald Trump’s ex-“Apprentice” hopefuls want him fired.
Former stars of the NBC reality show synonymous with the blabbering billionaire’s brand plan to disavow The Donald in a New York press conference Friday for his campaign of “sexism, xenophobia, racism, violence and hate,” they said in a statement obtained by the Daily News.
“Based on (our experience working for the Trump Organization) and Donald’s campaign, we do not believe he is worthy of becoming president of the United States,” said entrepreneur Randal Pinkett, who in season 4 became the first contestant of color to win the show’s U.S. version.
Business mentor and former beauty queen Marshawn Evans Daniels similarly slammed the mad mogul’s campaign as “unpatriotic, anti-American, self-serving, regressive and downright lazy” in a vividly worded condemnation.
“Trump is passionately and strategically reigniting a dirty and divisive culture soaked in a history of prejudice, fear and hate,” added Daniels, who also competed in season 4.
Goldman Sachs alum Kwame Jackson, the runner-up in season 1, will join in Friday's Trump rebuke, as will Kevin Allen (season 2), Tara Dowdell (season 3) and James Sun (season 6).
“America is at a tipping point in its demographic identity, social contract and fear of economic dislocation," Jackson said.
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"Into that void and vacuum of uncertainty and fear has stepped Mr. Trump, stoking the flames of our worst demons to the chagrin of our better angels and cherished ideals for a more perfect union."
The thin-skinned mogul shot back, of course, by insulting the “six failing wannabes.”
“How quickly they forget,” he thundered in a statement, claiming he “couldn’t have been nicer or more respectful” of the group. “They just want to get back into the limelight like they had when they were with Trump. Total dishonesty and disloyalty.”
Like many of Trump’s retorts, this one also included a thinly veiled threat.
“They should be careful or I’ll play hours of footage of them individually praising me,” he said.
Trump gleefully fired contestants on the American iteration of “the ultimate job interview” from 2004 to 2015. NBC severed ties with the businessman in the wake of his June 16 campaign launch, during which he blasted Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and drug peddlers.