Media career of Donald Trump

Before running for office in 2015, 45th and 47th president Donald Trump pursued celebrity throughout his highly publicized real estate career and prolific appearances on television.

His extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner, and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have made him a well-known public figure in American life for nearly half a century.

In the media, Trump is a two-time Emmy Award–nominated personality, he made appearances as a caricatured version of himself in television series and films (e.g. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Zoolander, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Drew Carey Show, Sex and the City, Days of Our Lives, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Since the start of his political career in 2015, especially winning the 2016 presidential election and being inaugurated the first time in January 2017, Trump's personal celebrity was eclipsed by his public role as president or candidate.

According to The New Yorker, "The book expanded Trump's renown far beyond New York City, promoting an image of himself as a successful dealmaker and tycoon."

Tony Schwartz, who is credited as co-author, later said he did all the writing, backed by Howard Kaminsky, then-head of Random House, the book's publisher.

After leaving office in 2021, Trump became the first former U.S. president in recent times to not quickly secure a book deal, which several members of his administration managed to do.

[citation needed][4] In 2004, Trump appeared for a live interview at WrestleMania XX, conducted by Jesse Ventura, a former wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota.

Along with British TV producer Mark Burnett, Trump also put together The Celebrity Apprentice, where well-known stars compete to win money for their charities.

Trump has made cameo appearances in eight films and television shows[15][16] and performed a song as a Green Acres character with Megan Mullally at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005.