Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said North Korea's leader "begged" for their summit to be rescheduled after the US president cancelled it. Speaking at a conference in Israel, Mr Giuliani said Mr Trump's tough stance had forced Pyongyang's hand. Mr Trump called off the summit in May, accusing North Korea of "tremendous anger and open hostility". But plans for the 12 June bilateral in Singapore were revived after a conciliatory response from Pyongyang. Mr Giuliani was speaking at an investment conference in Israel when he made the remark. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Mr Giuliani said: "Well, Kim Jong-un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it, which is exactly the position you want to put him in." Trump-Kim to meet on Sentosa island What not to say to North Korea Dennis Rodman: The Trump-Kim matchmaker? How Kim the outcast became popular Mr Giuliani is an attorney for the president tackling the Russia collusio
Commentary: As a social media campaign claims its pressure forced half the sponsors to withdraw from the show, the ex-Terminator says the Trump brand leaves a bad taste.
It's never easy when you're a TV star who doesn't get on with one of the show's
Indeed, Arnold Schwarzenegger, host of the "New Celebrity Apprentice" show, announced on Friday that he's leaving and blamed Donald Trump, formerly the host of the "Celebrity Apprentice" and still an executive producer of the show.
Speaking to Empire magazine, Schwarzenegger said: "It's not about the show, because everyone I ran into came up to me and said 'I love the show... but I turned it off because as soon as I read Trump's name I'm outta there!'"
The ex-Terminator insisted that he got on with everyone on the show.
However, he added: "With Trump being involved in the show people have a bad taste and don't want to participate as a spectator or as a sponsor or in any other way support the show. It's a very divisive period now and I think this show got caught up in all that division."
Oddly, the division between Schwarzenegger and Trump became public because of -- who would have imagined? -- Trump's Twitter account.
The president mocked Schwarzengger's lower ratings on Twitter, simultaneously referring to himself as "ratings machine DJT."
Schwarzenegger fired back on Facebook by suggesting they swap jobs. He said that with this move, people would sleep better again.
Still, another aspect to all this is the social media campaign #GrabYourWallet. It's been credited with influencing half the sponsors of the "New Celebrity Apprentice" to quit the show, as well as encouraging viewers to avoid the show.
Neither the campaign's organizer, Shannon Coulter, nor NBC immediately responded to a request for comment. Coulter did tell the Wrap, however: "I think it's pretty clear at this point that the Trump brand name is toxic."
Oh, I don't know about that. Large Trump buildings continue to be erected with abandon. It's not as if the old "Celebrity Apprentice" still captured too many hearts and souls, even with Trump as its face. Still, the new version's ratings fell by 35 percent when compared to the last old one in 2015.
On Friday, #GrabYourWallet allowed itself a little Twitter-gloat: ".@Schwarzenegger's decision to leave Celebrity Apprentice is giving the #GrabYourWallet community a #FridayFeeling..."
I wonder if the president will be tweeting his weekend feelings on the subject.
Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said North Korea's leader "begged" for their summit to be rescheduled after the US president cancelled it. Speaking at a conference in Israel, Mr Giuliani said Mr Trump's tough stance had forced Pyongyang's hand. Mr Trump called off the summit in May, accusing North Korea of "tremendous anger and open hostility". But plans for the 12 June bilateral in Singapore were revived after a conciliatory response from Pyongyang. Mr Giuliani was speaking at an investment conference in Israel when he made the remark. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Mr Giuliani said: "Well, Kim Jong-un got back on his hands and knees and begged for it, which is exactly the position you want to put him in." Trump-Kim to meet on Sentosa island What not to say to North Korea Dennis Rodman: The Trump-Kim matchmaker? How Kim the outcast became popular Mr Giuliani is an attorney for the president tackling the Russia collusio
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