{"id":2253841,"date":"2024-05-27T15:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T19:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-legal-battle-trump-calls-the-apprentice-biopic-garbage-threatens-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T15:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T19:26:14","slug":"another-legal-battle-trump-calls-the-apprentice-biopic-garbage-threatens-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-legal-battle-trump-calls-the-apprentice-biopic-garbage-threatens-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Derides &#8216;The Apprentice&#8217; Biopic as &#8216;Trash,&#8217; Signals Potential Legal Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-legal-battle-trump-calls-the-apprentice-biopic-garbage-threatens-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The former President, Donald Trump, has criticized a premiered biopic about him at the Cannes Film Festival, calling it &#8216;garbage&#8217;. His campaign&#8217;s spokesperson, Steven Cheung, labelled the \u2063film as &#8216;malicious defamation&#8217;,\u200d threatening to take legal action. A cease-and-desist letter \u2062sent by Trump&#8217;s legal team further condemned the film as &#8216;a concoction of lies&#8217; and accused the \u2063filmmakers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">foreign interference<\/a> in America&#8217;s elections. Despite these allegations, the producers insist that the film is a fair and balanced portrayal of Trump. \u200dThe\u2064 film, which has not won any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-crisis-demands-a-constitutional-analysis-of-voting-machines\/\" title=\"This Crisis Demands a Constitutional Analysis of Voting Machines\">awards<\/a> at Cannes, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-safe-for-school-ny-district-defends-x-rated-sex-ed\/\" title=\"Not Safe For School: NY District Defends X-Rated Sex Ed\">sparked heated debates<\/a> over the depiction of Trump&#8217;s morality and\u200b presidency. Additionally, one of the \u2064film&#8217;s\u2063 investors, former Washington Commanders&#8217; owner and Trump supporter, Dan Snyder, is reportedly discontent with the film and is considering\u2063 legal\u200b action. In response\u200b to the controversy, the film&#8217;s director,\u2064 Ali Abbasi, dismissed the lawsuit threats and questioned Trump&#8217;s success rate in \u2063legal disputes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Another Legal Battle? Trump Calls &#8216;The Apprentice&#8217; Biopic &#8216;Garbage,&#8217; Threatens Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 27, 2024 at 9:17am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for former President Donald Trump to come out against the biopic about him that was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last week.<\/p>\n<p>The day after the premier of \u201cThe Apprentice,\u201d Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung called it \u201cmalicious defamation\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-ags-threaten-legal-action-against-biden-admin-push-for-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/\" title=\"State AGs Threaten Legal Action Against Biden Admin Push for Taxpayer-Funded Abortion\">threatening legal action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,\u201d Cheung said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/4676021-trump-campaign-lawsuit-filmmakers-the-apprentice-film-including-blatantly-false-assertions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cThis garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked. As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u2018film\u2019 is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn\u2019t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire,\u201d Cheung added<\/p>\n<p>Now, Trump\u2019s legal team has fired off a cease-and-desist letter, warning the filmmakers not to seek to distribute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-biopic-releases-1st-image-know-far-worried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the movie<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Movie presents itself as a factual biography of Mr. Trump, yet nothing could be further from the truth,\u201d Trump attorney David Warrington worte to the film\u2019s director and screenwriter, Ali Abbasi and Gabriel Sherman, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/4685096-trump-the-apprentice-cease-and-desist-2024-cannes-film-festival-sebastian-stan-jeremy-strong-roy-cohn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cIt is a concoction of lies that repeatedly defames President Trump and constitutes direct foreign interference in America\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you do not immediately cease and desist all distribution and marketing of this libelous farce, we will be forced to pursue all appropriate legal remedies,\u201d the letter went on, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president,\u201d the film\u2019s producers told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/apprentice-donald-trump-team-cease-and-desist-letter-sebastian-stan-jeremy-strong-1236015819\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> in a statement, however. \u201cWe want everyone to see it and then decide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How \u201cfair and balanced\u201d the movie is remains a matter of come debate, of course. Variety, hardly a bastion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/magas-intellectual-roots-movement-300-years-making\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAGAism<\/a>, described it as offering \u201ca damning portrait of the former president as ethically compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think Trump has a defamation case on his hands?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Among other facets of his questionable morality, \u201cThe Apprentice\u201d shows Trump working with the mob, refusing to pay contractors, abusing drugs as a weight-loss technique, and \u2014 last but certainly not least \u2014 raping his first wife, the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ivana-trumps-friends-worried-house-hid-lurking-danger-body-found-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ivana Trump<\/a>, Variety reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill reported that the film had \u201creportedly received an eight-minute standing ovation\u201d at its Cannes premiere, but was then forced to admit <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/4686877-the-apprentice-donald-trump-biopic-film-shut-out-at-cannes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two days later<\/a> that the film had failed to win even a single award at the prestigious festival.<\/p>\n<p>One of the film\u2019s investors was also reportedly preparing his own cease-and-desist letter to halt the film\u2019s U.S. distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Snyder, former owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/return-redskins-nfl-head-coach-caught-bootleg-merchandise-subtle-allusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Commanders<\/a> and a well-known Trump supporter, apparently expected the film to paint a rosier picture of the former president than it did, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/24\/trump-apprentice-film-cease-and-desist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Snyder was reportedly \u201cfurious\u201d when he saw the film in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/donald-trump-movie-the-apprentice-dan-snyder-feud-1236010060\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> reported earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Abbasi said at a news conference in Cannes that he wasn\u2019t concerned about the threatened lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody talks about him suing a lot of people \u2014 they don\u2019t talk about his success rate though, you know?\u201d he said, according to Variety.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that he thought Trump might like the film if he watched it, but also said at Cannes: \u201cThere is no nice, metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism. The messy way, the banal way, is only the way of dealing with this wave on its own terms, at its own level.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Please help us continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, and we will never surrender.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading The Western Journal and for believing in America. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>It is a pleasure to serve you.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President, Donald Trump, swiftly denounced the recently premiered biopic about him at the Cannes Film Festival, labeling it &#8216;garbage.&#8217; Trump, well-known for his litigious spirit, seems poised for another potential legal battle over this depiction of his life on &#8216;The Apprentice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2010,"featured_media":2253842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Donald-Trump-at-NASCAR.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Donald-Trump-at-NASCAR.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}