Actually, I can't understand why Joan & Melissa can't see through Annie's strategy. Annie is a poker player. yesn' she knows how to lie & bluff. She also knows how to calculate the odds. She knew quite well that Trump is not willing to give up the Bunny if he doesn't have to.
It is kind of creepy the way Trump's oogling over Brandi. I wonder if he has a Madonna/W**** complex. He used to go on & on about how beautiful his model, trophy wife is. But now that she's a mother, has he lost all interest in her and is hoping to score with Brandi?
It was soooo obvious that Trump didn't want to pick between Brandi or Melissa. He personally wants to keep Brandi and he knows Melissa is good drama, especially between her and her mom.
Brian was the easy scapegoat. Luckily, Brian has also become disenchanted and wanted out. So it worked out.

Did Brian win any money for his charity?
As for Annie, I think she probably was beotching to Joan & Melissa the night before about Brandi. But when she got into the Boardroom and realised Trump wasn't going to fire Brandi, she traded in her cards and now has
aligned herself with Brandi. If Brandi speaks up on her behalf in the Boardroom, she's made an ally. She may actually be thinking Trump may keep her around if it makes Brandi happy and he has a better in with Brandi. Yuck!
I love how Jesse said he's got big guns with money. Whereas everyone else is saying they can bring in $25,000 to $60,000 in, Jesse said he can make
one call to Hollywood and bring in $1M.

I hope him waiting for his big chance doesn't backfire on him. I've seen other people wait and they ended up getting fired, so they should have pulled in the big guns. It does no good to save it and then not be able to use it at all.