Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Replace Donald Trump on NBC's 'Celebrity Apprentice'

One respected politician exits, another one enters.

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When tasked with finding someone qualified enough to inherit the Celebrity Apprentice throne from Donald Trump, who was clearly just too busy being a serious presidential candidate, NBC apparently just had a big sleepover party where all the execs marathoned every Terminatormovie before someone said, perhaps jokingly at first, "Hey, we should get this guy." Fast forward a few days, and that is exactly what NBC did:

Breaking: "Arnold Schwarzenegger has been named new host of NBC’s 'The Celebrity Apprentice'"

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 14, 2015

After everyone recovered from the powerful logic associated with the decision of hiring Arnold Fucking Schwarzenegger to replace Donald Trump, Arnold released a powerfully succinct statement confirming the news:

Per NBC, here's Arnold Schwarzenegger's official statement on being named new host of Celebrity Apprentice. pic.twitter.com/T9dGoApQ0v

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) September 14, 2015

Unsurprisingly, Trump was quick to comment on Twitter. But surprisingly, his statement is devoid of any shade. 

Congrats to my friend @Schwarzenegger who is doing next season’s Celebrity Apprentice. He'll be great & will raise lots of $ for charity.

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