Trump Staging Apprentice-style Competition at SBA With Nicki Minaj as Judge
The rapper has cozied up to the president in the past. Trump Staging Apprentice-style Competition at SBA With Nicki Minaj as Judge Travis Bland
The Trump administration is preparing a competition reminiscent of The Apprentice at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary. The competition will award a $1 million prize pool and will feature a panel of judges, including Nicki Minaj, Grant Cardone, Joe Gebbia, and Dean Cain. The five finalists—defense technology company Compotech, metalworking machinery manufacturer Winton Machine, plastic mold manufacturing company Plas-Tech Tooling, pressure vessel manufacturer Red River, and machinery manufacturing firm VetPowered—will present their business ideas to the judges on September 18th in Washington, D.C.
The winner will receive $400,000, while the other finalists will take home $250,000, $150,000, $125,000, and $75,000 respectively. Minaj has previously expressed her support for the Trump administration, once calling herself the president's "number one fan."
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