Mad, those folks are not millionaires, self-made or not. A number of them are working at jobs that actually pay very little. Some work for themselves, some work for others but the common thread is (supposed to be) they are driven, creative, highly-motivated individuals who (for some reason) would want a high-powered, high-stress job working for The Donald.
I don't really believe the show is “staged” but I do believe that Burnett and Trump together are manipulating the challenges and firings in such a way as to make the show as watchable as it can possibly be. The jobs in the beginning when the teams were boy versus girl were heavily slanted to favor the women by giving them opportunities to use their...uh, womanhood...to their advantage. Omarosa should have been fired weeks ago, but I feel very strongly that she was deliberately kept around because her craziness and volatility made for good viewing.
That aside though, I love it.
-frolix