Donald Trump calls biopic flop 'The Apprentice' a 'piece of garbage'

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Donald Trump has made a new video about his real estate rise in the 1970s and 1980s, calling it a “politically disgusting axe.”

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The film, currently showing in theaters, follows the former president (played by Sebastian Stan) as it charts his early years and the tutelage Trump received from ruthless lawyer Roy Cohn (played by Succession Jeremy Strong) at the beginning of his career.

After its Cannes debut, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung called the film “pure fiction.”

After a lackluster box office debut (the film opened in 10th place and grossed a paltry $1.6 million in ticket sales), Trump addressed the biopic in a lengthy tirade posted on his Truth Social platform.

“The FALSE and CLASSLESS movie written about me titled 'The Apprentice' (do they even have the right to use that name without permission?) will hopefully be a 'bomb',” Trump wrote. “This is a cheap, defamatory and politically nasty job done just before the 2024 presidential election to hurt the greatest political movement in our country's history: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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Trump began criticizing the portrayal of his first wife, the late Ivana Trump, who is played in the film by Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova.

“My ex-wife Ivana was a nice and wonderful person, I had a great relationship with her until she died. The author of this pile of garbage, Gabe Sherman, a lowlife and talentless hacker who has long been widely discredited, knew this but chose to ignore it,” Trump added. “It is sad that HUMAN SCUM, like the people involved in this hopefully failed endeavor, can say and do whatever they like to harm a political movement that is much bigger than any of us. MAGA2024!”

When the film's director, Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, heard about Trump's reaction, he shared his answer to Xwriting: “Thank you for reaching out to us, Donald Trump. If you want, I can talk further. It's a busy day today with a lot of press for The Apprentice, but I might be able to call you tomorrow.

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Meanwhile, Trump urged his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris to undergo a cognitive test after she took aim at him for refusing to release his detailed medical records.

“I think it's very important Kamala Harris pass a test of cognitive endurance and agility” – Trump published on Tru SocialHe also claimed that “her actions have led many people to believe that there may be something very wrong with her.”

“Sresponds slowly and sluggishly, even to the easiest questions,” Trump wrote. “We just went through this for almost four years, we shouldn't have to do it again!”

And on Saturday, o New York Times reported that he called Harris “retarded” last month at a donor dinner.

Trump also ““complained about the number of Jews still supporting Ms. Harris, saying their heads need to be examined because they have not supported him despite everything he has done for the state of Israel.”

His latest attacks come after Harris called Trump “weak and unstable.”

“He wonders: Why do his employees want him to hide?” Harris asked a crowd of supporters in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday. “You have to ask yourself: Are they afraid that people will see that he is too weak and unstable to lead America?”

mdaniell@postmedia.com

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