Trump Absolutely Unleashes On ‘The Apprentice’ Movie After Its Release: ‘Cheap, Defamatory, and Politically Disgusting Hatchet Job!’

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Former President Donald Trump denounced The Apprentice, the film about his rise in 1970s New York and his friendship with Roy Cohn.

In a post to his Truth Social platform shortly after midnight Monday, the former president laced into the film — which was released widely on Friday.

“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 “bomb.” It’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, “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Trump took issue with the film’s portrayal of his relationship with his late ex-wife, Ivana Trump — accusing screenwriter Gabriel Sherman of knowingly mischaracterizing the relationship.

“My former wife, Ivana, was a kind and wonderful person, and I had a great relationship with her until the day she died,” Trump wrote. “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!”

The former president got his wish about the film bombing at the box office. According to the industry tracking website Box Office Mojo, The Apprentice grossed a measly $1.58 million in its opening weekend, raking in a per-screen average of just $908—well below the weekend’s other new releases.