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Originally Posted by CarylB
Marlee was clearly disconcerted when she found JR had raised another $250K during the final task; he had set out to beat her $1m and done it .. (Oh .. and I was unconvinced JR was "rattled" by the two donations arriving. He'd set out to top her million; I think he made that abundantly clear). Did she miss a trick and did that work in JR's favour? I think undoubtedly yes to both, despite Trump's saying it couldn't factor into his decision. She saw it as unfair, and I did feel for her because Trump was imo bound to see it as evidence of a total determination to outdo Marlee and to win, which is what he looks for. She said she could have brought in raised funds, and I'm sure she could have, and very possibly more than JR. Her problem was she hadn't identified it as an opportunity to gain an edge; the highly competitive and determined to win JR had
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Marlee may have tipped her hand when she admitted to the interviewers on the previous show that she felt that she had tapped out her donors. Did JR know that? I'm not sure, but if he did, he might have taken that as an advantage. I don't think it was fair necessarily, but Trump said (fairly, IMO) that he couldn't give JR credit for it. Did he consider it? We'll never know. Marlee said that she could have rasied more money, but given what she said in the interview, I wonder if that's true.