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"Talkshow host Lawrence O&amp;#039;Donnell has accused NBC of aiding Donald Trump&amp;#039;s attempts to delay announcing his presidential candidacy. The mogul has previously claimed that he won&amp;#039;t make a final decision about a political bid until June, but one of his advisors recently intimated that some statement regarding Trump&amp;#039;s future may come during the finale of The Celebrity Apprentice on May 22. Discussing Trump&amp;#039;s claims of responsibility for forcing Obama to release his birth certificate on The Last Word, which airs on NBC&amp;#039;s sister-channel MSNBC, O&amp;#039;Donnell claimed that Trump has already informed network bosses that he plans to run for office. &amp;quot;NBC has created a monster, and it is called Donald Trump,&amp;quot; the presenter charged. &amp;quot;Trump is now hiding behind NBC when asked the single most important question in front of him... and NBC is allowing him to hide behind NBC.&amp;quot; O&amp;#039;Donnell also denied that Trump and NBC would face equal time violations should the real estate mogul announce his candidacy while The Celebrity Apprentice is still airing, adding that politicians frequently appear on the network&amp;#039;s own sketch series Saturday Night Live during election campaigns. After asserting that NBC executives are complicit in Trump&amp;#039;s alleged deception, O&amp;#039;Donnell insisted that the network&amp;#039;s connection to the Celebrity Apprentice host should be severed. &amp;quot;NBC has created a monster who is using his NBC fame to spew hatred reeking with racist overtones and undertones about the president of the United States. NBC can no longer stand idly by, not for one more day,&amp;quot; he explained. O&amp;#039;Donnell also added: &amp;quot;Those NBC executives should not be allowed to survive another day of involuntary entanglement in the Trump hatred campaign without being asked everything they know about Donald Trump&amp;#039;s professional commitments and performance obligations to NBC.&amp;quot; Celebrities including Jerry Seinfeld, David Letterman and Charlie Sheen have assailed Trump&amp;#039;s potential candidacy in recent weeks. Earlier today, Trump offered rare praise for Obama, congratulating both the president and US military forces for bringing Osama Bin Laden to justice. The Celebrity Apprentice continues Sunday at 9/8c on NBC, while The Last Word with Lawrence O&amp;#039;Donnell airs weeknights at 10/9c on MSNBC. Watch Lawrence O&amp;#039;Donnell discuss Donald Trump&amp;#039;s potential candidacy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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