PALM BEACH, FL — In a move that combines political ambition with premium streaming content, President Donald Trump has announced the launch of The Apprentice: Oval Office — a new reality show competition designed to produce a technical president who will immediately step aside, allowing Trump to return for an unprecedented third term.

“I’m not saying I’ll be president again,” Trump clarified in a Truth Social video. “I’m saying someone else will be — and then they’ll do the patriotic thing and let me take it from there.”

The Game Plan: Loop Around Term Limits

The concept is simple: twelve handpicked contestants, all Republican loyalists, will compete in weekly challenges that simulate presidential duties. The winner will be inaugurated… briefly.

According to producers, the plan is for Trump to be named Vice President before the winner takes office. After a brief ceremonial tenure, the new president will resign, making Trump the Commander-in-Chief once again — all technically within the bounds of the Constitution, or at least the spirit of post-constitutional television.

“This is not a coup,” said Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis (now working freelance). “It’s just really, really strategic hiring.”

Episodes Will Feature Classic Challenges:

• Budget Cut Bake-OffEach candidate must eliminate five federal agencies while baking a flag-shaped bundt cake. Bonus points if it’s keto.
• SignalGate Crisis SimulationContestants receive fake classified documents and must not accidentally share them in a Signal group chat that includes a journalist from The Atlantic.Spoiler: Most fail.
• War Room ImprovParticipants role-play as Defense Secretary, President, or Tucker Carlson and must respond in real-time to a made-up international crisis involving Greenland, Space Force, and the Vatican.

Each week, one candidate will be dismissed with Trump’s signature line:“You’re impeached.”

The final winner will be crowned “President of the United States (Until Further Notice).”

VP Slot Already Reserved

When asked who would serve as the vice president during the new term, Trump replied:

“Me. Obviously. You can’t run a company without being in the building.”

He has reportedly already written his own inauguration speech and selected three possible exit songs: God Bless the U.S.A., You’re Welcome from Moana, and the The Apprentice theme.

White House aides are referring to the plan internally as “Operation Revolving Door.”

When asked if the plan was legal, Trump responded:

“It’s not illegal if it airs in prime time.”

Legal scholars disagreed, but reportedly tuned in anyway.