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Trump, already a prominent New York real estate figure, saw his national profile rise significantly during his time on the show, popularizing the catchphrase “You’re fired!” NBC cut ties with him in 2015, citing “derogatory statements” about immigrants. He was elected president the following year.

Thank you for that depressingly amusing framing, The Hill.

“If you don’t figure out how to be excited to live here, you’re just going to be left behind.”