Trump: I knew Martha's show would fail

Donald says he could see Stewart's ‘Apprentice’ would be a ‘disaster’

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Feb. 27: NBC's Katie Couric reports on Donald Trump and Martha Stewart's feud over the demise of Stewart's "Apprentice" and previews the new season.

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updated 11:32 a.m. ET Feb. 27, 2006

NEW YORK - Donald Trump says Martha Stewart must accept responsibility for her television flop.

Stewart had told Newsweek magazine that her show “Martha Stewart: The Apprentice” was axed because Trump would not yank his competing show off the air.

But business titan Trump tells NBC’s “Today” show the failure had nothing to do with him. In Trump’s words, “When I saw the show, I said ’it’s going to be a disaster’ and I was right.”

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