You have to hand it to Donald Trump: only he could turn a boring, snoring transition into a gripping, fresh season of reality TV.

Just like season one on The Apprentice there are shock winners (Matt Gaetz, Peter Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard), shock “you’re fired” losers (Ric Grenell, Mike Pompeo), a couple of boardroom side-kick judges (Elon Musk, Linda McMahon) and sporadic, sharp reminders, in case anyone forgets, about who is ultimately calling the shots: The Big Guy.

He’s even cast the caricature role that made the show’s first season a standout. Co-Transition head, and self-publicized candidate for Treasury Secretary, Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick seems to have stepped into the shoes of Omarosa Manigault Newman, who famously played the truculent attention-grabber who irritated everyone around her, but became a household name in the process.

And, just in case the audience was starting to nod off, there’s now a showstopper of a finale, keeping us on the edge of our seats as Trump rips up the original two-man race for Treasury Secretary and widens the field to include a whole new cast of characters….

Who knew that the search for America’s Next Top Banker could be so exciting?

It’s hard to concentrate.

So, instead of spending the time on a higher cause, I’ve bought in and spent a couple hours phoning my contacts on Wall Street to find out how they would handicap the race.

Read on at Vicky Ward Investigates