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February 18, 2014 06:30 pm -08

Trump Fires Aide Who Brokered Unflattering BuzzFeed Profile

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Donald Trump gave an extensive interview to BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins for a profile that published last week. The profile was not flattering. Needing someone to blame, The Donald exercised his overexposed catchphrase from "The Apprentice" on the aide who had set up the interview: "You're fired!"

Apparently Trump's aide Sam Nunberg had a personal relationship with Coppins and believed the proposed profile would therefore be a positive one. When BuzzFeed published a piece that portrayed The Donald as a petulant megalomaniac Nunberg was toast.

Trump's explanation, as told by New York Post:

"Sam said to me, 'This guy is a friend of mine. It's going to be a great story. I have confidence it will be fair.' So I actually did the interview as a courtesy to Sam. But I said to Sam, 'If this guy writes a fair story, that's fine. But if he writes a wise-guy story, you'll be fired.' And I said to Sam, 'OK?' And Sam said, 'OK.'" Read more...

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