Lord Sugar: I'd like to replace Donald Trump on The Apprentice USA

British peer expresses interest after NBC officially fires New York mogul over his comments about Mexican immigrants

Lord Sugar: poised for an Apprentice USA takeover bid? Photograph: Rex Features

Alasdair Glennie

His Twitter nemesis Piers Morgan tried – and failed – to conquer America. Now it seems Lord Sugar wants to have a go at making it over the Atlantic.
The 68-year-old said he “would like the challenge” of hosting the US version of his hit BBC reality show The Apprentice.

The NBC programme is looking for a new mogul after Donald Trump quit to launch his presidential bid in June.

NBC subsequently cut all ties with Trump – who also produced the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants – when he made a string of comments in which he characterised Mexican immigrants as drug dealers and rapists.
Responding on Twitter to suggestions he would be the “perfect replacement”, Lord Sugar appeared to throw his hat into the ring, saying: “I would like the challenge”.