Retains Executive Producer credit on Celebrity Apprentice while President-elect

It was confirmed that Trump would remain an Executive Producer on NBC’s *The New Celebrity Apprentice* (hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger) even after taking office. Ethics experts raised conflict of interest concerns regarding payments from MGM and the potential for NBC (whose parent company Comcast has federal regulatory interests) to curry favor with the White House through the show.

"I have NOTHING to do with The Apprentice except for fact that I conceived it with Mark B & have a big stake in it. Will devote ZERO TIME!" — Twitter post (defending the role)