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Miles Archer

(23,674 posts) Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:15 PM Dec 2016

Trump is teaming with "Apprentice" producer Burnette for "helicopter grand entrance" at Inauguration [View all]

Trump teaming with reality show titan for a really big show.

At a breakfast fund-raiser at Manhattan’s Cipriani 42nd Street, Mr. Trump on Wednesday gave a tantalizing hint at the inaugural festivities to come for a reality TV star-turned-president: The helicopter grand entrance.

The president-elect said he was paid a visit a day earlier by Mark Burnett, the executive producer of “The Apprentice,” the reality show that helped make the president-elect a household name. Mr. Trump told the crowd that Mr. Burnett proposed reinventing the inauguration with a helicopter taking off from New York City, according to an attendee.

Mr. Burnett, who is known for producing shows like “Survivor,” “The Voice” and “Shark Tank” as well, also told Mr. Trump that he should consider a parade up Fifth Avenue.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html?_r=0

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Trump is teaming with "Apprentice" producer Burnette for "helicopter grand entrance" at Inauguration [View all] Miles Archer Dec 2016 OP

I sure won't be watching his .... LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #1

Obama and Roberts should refuse to participate in such a farce. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #2

Obama should say he needs to pack bdamomma Dec 2016 #32

well there goes dignity MFM008 Dec 2016 #3

And in Washington, he could parachute from the helicopter FarCenter Dec 2016 #4

Like the Queen parachuting into the Olympics? elehhhhna Dec 2016 #5

I would pay-per-view for a Fifth Avenue parade! bullwinkle428 Dec 2016 #6

I DARE him to try a parade in NYC. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #25

Please please have John Landis of Twilight Zone the Movie fame exboyfil Dec 2016 #7

NICE! I get your reference! Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #31

.... Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #52

Tacky, but he will avoid the tomato/egg/punkin chunkin deminks Dec 2016 #8

Yes. He is doing this to avoid the angry crowds Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #58

a portent of things to come 0rganism Dec 2016 #9

Here's hoping for brucefan Dec 2016 #10

Blizzard. nt Ilsa Dec 2016 #11

yes a blizzard bdamomma Dec 2016 #33

I can't possibly type or say aloud what I'm hoping for. n/t MANative Dec 2016 #17

I have this thread of thoughts that is impossible to type on the internet... KittyWampus Dec 2016 #26

yea me too bdamomma Dec 2016 #34

Count me in. nt Ilsa Dec 2016 #39

Perhaps the Bruce Cockburn Ghost of Tom Joad Dec 2016 #56

Maybe NORAD can do a tracking website like they do for Santa underpants Dec 2016 #12

There's also this really cool thing with spotlights he could do for the Inaugural Ball. Girard442 Dec 2016 #13

I don't recognize the picture, but an educated guess would be... JHB Dec 2016 #30

. Travis_0004 Dec 2016 #42

Oh fuck wryter2000 Dec 2016 #14

Heil King Trump! dem in texas Dec 2016 #15

It would not surprise me if he declared himself yuiyoshida Dec 2016 #46

as if I needed another reason not to watch... dhill926 Dec 2016 #16

Trump appears to be hell-bent on re-defining "gauche". 11 Bravo Dec 2016 #18

or maybe they should label the chopper bdamomma Dec 2016 #35

Person of the year my ass. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #19

OMG - every square inch of that picture is hideous. Early bordello run amok. Vinca Dec 2016 #21

Hitler was person of the year like three times... Blanks Dec 2016 #28

He considers it an honor. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #41

He's a moron, but you probably knew that. eom Blanks Dec 2016 #57

him and that freaking red tie. bdamomma Dec 2016 #36

Person of the year?! meow2u3 Dec 2016 #50

Upscale whorehouse? Hekate Dec 2016 #54

And then do we get to vote him off the island? Vinca Dec 2016 #20

Around the fire on the stage... Blanks Dec 2016 #29

And if BHO pulled that shit ... Cosmocat Dec 2016 #22

My thought exactly. narnian60 Dec 2016 #40

I can't wait until The White House Apprentice comes out! .99center Dec 2016 #23

Who Wants To Be A Cabinet Member? Initech Dec 2016 #48

I'd like to see Trump get a curbside view of bare butt moon shots procon Dec 2016 #24

That very lkely is what he is trying to avoid by choppering in Hekate Dec 2016 #55

It's only because he's too old and sick to do the walk like the Obamas. OregonBlue Dec 2016 #27

yea sick bdamomma Dec 2016 #37

He's 70 years old and obese. BlueStater Dec 2016 #49

There's no business like show business. lpbk2713 Dec 2016 #38

Lewis Black was so right. How do you satirize that which is already satirical? Initech Dec 2016 #43

just listened to Rise of Hitler KT2000 Dec 2016 #44

God just might sneeze at that one. C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #45

CRASH LANDING caused by Aliens from the Planet Jupiter !!!!!! trueblue2007 Dec 2016 #47

lordy lordy-another world wide embarassment for the US is in store!! damn! riversedge Dec 2016 #51

From the Golden Tower comes Mad King Donald, to have a golden crown bestowed on him.... Hekate Dec 2016 #53