Read: Trump Accused Bill Clinton of Being a Rapist on TV Last NightBack before Trump was turning the presidential election into a reality show, he turned his business empire into one. The Apprentice was a big success, and Trump really squeezed everything he could from that annoying-ass "yer fired" catchphrase.When the original formula got stale, Trump morphed the show into Celebrity Apprentice. But, as Buzzfeed points out, before Trump decided to spice up his show with some C-listers, he had a different idea for The Apprentice: dividing the show's two teams by skin color.Apparently Trump first floated the idea back in 2005, during an interview with Howard Stern, and brought it up again on his own failed syndicated radio show.On his show, Trump acknowledged the idea was "fairly controversial," and explained that he was toying with the concept of "creating a team of successful African-Americans versus a team of successful whites. Whether people like that idea or not, it is somewhat reflective of our very vicious world."The idea wasn't particularly well-received, for pretty obvious reasons, and his next season of The Apprentice didn't involve segregation. You can say a lot about Trump, but you can't say the guy has a shortage of ideas—unfortunately most of them are xenophobic and stupid.Photo via Flickr user Gage Skidmore