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On April 29, 2021, a new TikTok video claimed that Donald Trump was fired from hosting the NBC reality TV show The Apprentice for making racist remarks. The stitched video was one in a series that answered the question: What is a fact or statistic that seems fake but is real? It racked up more than 163,000 views in one week. In the video, TikTok user @theleewithnoname claimed that the host of NBC's 'The Apprentice' got fired from 'The Apprentice' for making racist remarks and then became the president of the United States. It was true that then-candidate Trump was fired from The Apprentice, a show where his own catchphrase was, You're fired. NBC made the announcement on June 29, 2015. At the time, Vox reported: NBC Cutting Ties to Donald Trump Over ‘Derogatory’ Remarks About Immigrants. The remarks that got Trump fired from The Apprentice came on June 16, 2015, when he formally announced his candidacy. At the time, he called migrants who were coming over the U.S.-Mexico border rapists: After Trump was fired from The Apprentice, NBC invited him back to host a November 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live. The network also later brought in Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger to host The New Celebrity Apprentice. In sum, it's true that Trump was fired by NBC from The Apprentice reality TV series in 2015.
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