Donald Trump recently revealed that he would prefer his daughter Ivanka Trump to succeed him as host. apprentice In the new book.

In a new book, author Ramin Setoodeh looks back at Donald’s years on the small screen before he decided to run for president of the United States. Wonderland Apprentice.

“I said, ‘The best person is Ivanka Trump,’” Donald said in an excerpt shared via type.

Donald told the author: “I’m not pushing. But I feel like Ivanka is by far the best person you could hire.”

Not only that, but the 77-year-old wants his sons Eric Trump and Don Trump Jr. to take over as board advisors for the reality series.

“It was going to be between the three of us,” Eric says in the book, adding, “We’ve been talking about it for a while.”

However, the network had different plans, saying “NBC didn’t like it because it was becoming like a family thing.”

“But I said, ‘You’re not going to hire anyone closer than Ivanka.’” And they said, ‘Well…’ and they came back with Arnold Schwarzenegger,” Donald revealed.

this Emerging Artist ApprenticeThe show hosted by Arnold premiered in 2017 but only ran for one season.

this Terminator The star left the show, explaining: “There’s so much baggage associated with it being tied to Donald’s presidency.”

Previously in an interview empire “With Trump on the show, people are in bad taste and don’t want to support the show as a viewer, a sponsor or in any other way,” Arnold noted in the magazine.

“It’s a very divisive time right now, and I think the show is caught up in all the divisiveness,” the actor said.

at the same time, Wonderland Apprentice It will be available on June 18th.