Trump's Crowd Size Obsession Reaches 'Desperate' Levels With Throwback From Two Decades Ago
While we all know him as the president today, Donald Trump was a popular reality TV show host just over a decade ago. And, apparently, he's still eager to brag about his previous success. The divisive politician has long been criticized by folks who claim he's bad at math. Even so, Trump really likes numbers. Or, at least, he likes them when they make him look good. The controversial leader is oddly preoccupied by how many people show up to support him. From Trump making wild claims about the turnout at his rallies to repeatedly showing that the president's ego can't handle dwindling crowd sizes, numbers apparently have quite an effect on how he believes he's perceived.
As such, the former "Apprentice" host is harkening back to a time when numbers said something positive about him. There are those who actually would have preferred that Trump stick to hosting TV shows, rather than infiltrating the world of politics. And, now and then, he might even be among them. The latest in a seemingly never-ending string of bizarre Truth Social posts from the president was a throwback to 2004, which included a screenshot with "The New York Times" printed across the top, followed by ratings information about the debut season of "The Apprentice."
How desperate do you have to be to post ratings from a TV show from 22 years ago? pic.twitter.com/UJehC8fL0L
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) April 23, 2026
The accompanying text cites the series as "the #1 new show." And yet, why Trump chose to brag about this 22 years later when there is a serious surplus of important things he could be commenting on instead is difficult to comprehend.
Netizens were hugely critical of Trump's renewed focus on 'The Apprentice'
Just before sharing ratings info about Season 1 of "The Apprentice," President Donald Trump also shared another screenshot on Truth Social showing the 2004 New York Times review of the finale. He somewhat inexplicably captioned it: "Last Season of my Apprentice Juggernaut!" The hit reality show was on the air until 2017, so the fact that the divisive politician thought this piece, written over a decade earlier, was about the final season indicates that he barely even looked at the article before posting it. "How desperate do you have to be to post ratings from a TV show from 22 years ago?" wondered a user on X, formerly known as Twitter. Respondents were in agreement that Trump was using positive ratings from years past to distract from the less desirable numbers he's getting today.
"A failed attempt at boosting that 32% approval rating on Fox News," one such netizen wrote. "It's just a pathetic reminder that people voted for an actor plucked off a reality show. And [they] got what they deserved," added another. "He's having a really bad day if they have to pull from the archives," someone else pointed out. Surely no one looked at these Truth Social posts and thought that this was a worthy topic for the president of the United States of America to address at this current moment. But we've long been aware that Trump isn't too concerned about the negative feedback his posts get in the first place.