{"id":2354433,"date":"2024-10-14T04:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-apprentice-biopic-defamatory-and-hatchet-job-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T04:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:51:00","slug":"trump-calls-apprentice-biopic-defamatory-and-hatchet-job-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-apprentice-biopic-defamatory-and-hatchet-job-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls \u2018Apprentice\u2019 biopic \u2018defamatory\u2019 and \u2018hatchet job\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Ftrump-calls-apprentice-biopic-defamatory-and-hatchet-job-washington-examiner%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=2354433&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>Former President \u200dDonald Trump criticized a recently released\u200c biopic titled\u200b &#8220;The Apprentice,&#8221; describing it as &#8220;defamatory&#8221; and a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hatchet-job-woody-allen-slams-docuseries-about-his-alleged-abuse-of-adopted-daughter\/\" title=\"\u2018Hatchet Job\u2019: Woody Allen Slams Docuseries About His Alleged Abuse Of Adopted Daughter\">hatchet job<\/a>.&#8221;\u2062 He expressed his disdain in a post on Truth Social, claiming the film aims to damage his reputation \u200bbefore the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appears-to-be-a-popular-lead-for-2024-straw-poll-shows\/\" title=\"DeSantis Appears To Be A Popular Lead For 2024, Straw Poll Shows\">upcoming 2024 presidential election<\/a>. The movie portrays Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/green-comet-to-flash-across-earths-sky-for-first-time-in-centuries\/\" title=\"Rare green comet to streak across Earth&#039;s sky after centuries.\">early\u200c rise<\/a> to power\u200b in the 1970s and \u20621980s, featuring Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as attorney Roy Cohn. Trump\u2063 condemned the film as being\u2063 of low quality and politically motivated, suggesting \u2062it was designed to\u200c undermine his political movement, &#8220;Make America Great Again.&#8221; The film \u200cpremiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024\u200b and has received\u200b criticism for its negative depiction of Trump.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump calls &lsquo;Apprentice&rsquo; biopic &lsquo;defamatory&rsquo; and &lsquo;hatchet job&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1834986\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> once again panned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-arrest-man-on-sex-trafficking-charges-after-authorities-realize-17-year-old-student-is-much-older\/\" title=\"Man arrested for sex trafficking after discovering &#039;17-year-old&#039; student is actually older.\">recently released movie<\/a> about his life, this time calling it &ldquo;defamatory&rdquo; and a &ldquo;hatchet job&rdquo; with a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/truth-social\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Truth Social<\/a> early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The Apprentice,&rdquo; a film depicting a young Donald Trump&rsquo;s rise to power in the 1970s and 1980s while being mentored and influenced by attorney Roy Cohn. It debuted at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-apprentice-cannes-83958ff061a475a203424e8b9916ada1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cannes Film Festival<\/a> in May 2024. It has an ensemble cast and features Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Cohn. It is widely considered to be a negative portrayal of the former president.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A FAKE and CLASSLESS Movie written about me, called, The Apprentice (Do they even have the right to use that name without approval?), will hopefully &ldquo;bomb,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113303964855794908\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on Truth Social. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job, put out right before the 2024 Presidential Election, to try and hurt the Greatest Political Movement in the History of our Country, &lsquo;MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also took issue with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-need-to-create-a-conspiracy-to-claim-the-moon-landing-was-a-hoax-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"You need to create a conspiracy to claim the Moon landing was a hoax - Washington Examiner\">movie&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s portrayal of his former wife, Ivana, and he claimed the film&rsquo;s writer, Gabe Sherman, was &ldquo;widely discredited&rdquo; after several insults.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My former wife, Ivana, was a kind and wonderful person, and I had a great relationship with her until the day she died,&rdquo; Trump said in the social media post. &ldquo;The writer of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hack, who has long been widely discredited, knew that, but chose to ignore it. So sad that HUMAN SCUM, like the people involved in this hopefully unsuccessful enterprise, are allowed to say and do whatever they want in order to hurt a Political Movement, which is far bigger than any of us. MAGA2024!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the film drew the former president&rsquo;s attention, it did not do so with moviegoers, faring poorly with audiences. &ldquo;The Apprentice&rdquo; finished its opening weekend in a lowly tenth place at the box office, earning only $1.6 million in ticket sales, according to the <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113303964855794908\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1834986\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1834986\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump labels &#8216;Apprentice&#8217; biopic as &#8216;defamatory&#8217; and a &#8216;hatchet job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2354434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-rally-nevada-oct-11.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42935,11611,3634],"class_list":["post-2354433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-apprentice","tag-biopic","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-rally-nevada-oct-11.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354433","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}