‘Apprentice’ winner: What N.J. can learn from Trump | Opinion Updated Jan 19, 2021; By Randal Pinkett I know Donald Trump fairly well from my experience on “The Apprentice” and subsequently working for the Trump Organization. And I can genuinely say that from among the few things harder than my time on that program has been the last four years. It has been a very tough four years — almost too much to comprehend. We have seen a president of the United States defend racists, dictators and traitors. Our economy is in tatters. We are a country divided. Four thousand Americans are dying every day because of our government’s inability to address a global pandemic. Climate change is destroying so many aspects of our society. And for good reason, Black and brown families live in fear.