Arnold Schwarzenegger takes the high road after our next president rips him to shreds
When he's not busy getting ready to run the country, Donald Trump checks … the ratings of The Apprentice? The self-proclaimed "rating machine" skewered his replacement on the show, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a one-two punch on Twitter on Friday morning:
But instead of telling Trump to "drop dead," the former California governor and Terminator star took the high road:
Schwarzenegger then linked to a video that he first posted on Nov. 9, in which he quotes Abraham Lincoln's inaugural speech:
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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
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