There is only person Trump would trust to succeed him – but she’s too smart to do it
Amazon is reportedly toying with the idea of making Donald Trump Jr the host of a reboot of The Apprentice, the TV show that paved the way for his father’s political run.
There was speculation that Junior, the wildest, most Maga-fied Trump, was being primed to succeed Dad as president. He said last year “that [the] calling was there” in politics, and he has a solid fanbase in the gun-toting, big-mouth wing of the Republican party. Who better to carry the Donald Trump brand forward than the eldest son who bears his name? That’s the theory, but the President seems doubtful Junior, now a fully adult 48-year-old, has the chops to run a reality TV show, let alone the White House.
“He’s a good guy. He’d be probably good. He’s got a little charisma going. You need a little charisma for that sucker. So, we’ll see what happens,” Trump Sr told reporters in the Oval office.
The President is obsessed with building a dynasty and believes in the power of “great genes”. But like Logan Roy, the patriarch in the television drama Succession, Trump loves playing his children off against each other. He thinks it instills a healthy killer instinct in his privileged........
