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Arnold Schwarzenegger is reflecting on the affair that broke up his marriage to Maria Shriver and his social media showdown with Donald Trump.

He admitted in an interview with Men's Journal he does "think about [the affair] every so often."

"And I can beat myself up as much as I want. It's not gonna change the situation," he said in the April issue of the magazine. "So the key thing is, how do you move forward? How do you have a great relationship with your kids?"

Schwarzenegger and Shriver split in 2011 after the former California governor admitted he fathered a child outside of the relationship. The two, who had four children during their 25-year marriage, have not finalized their divorce yet.

"You can't go back," Schwarzenegger continued. "If I could, in reality, be Terminator, of course I would go back in time and would say, 'Arnold?...no.'? You know, it's always easy to be smart in hindsight. That's not the way it works."

The actor and his estranged wife appear to be on good terms. Last September, the pair were seen with three of their children -- Patrick, Christina and Katherine -- at a 23rd birthday party for Patrick.

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During the wide-ranging interview, Schwarzenegger, 69, also opened up about his recent feud with Donald Trump.

After the latest season of "Celebrity Apprentice" premiered, in which Schwarzenegger replaced Trump as host, the president took to Twitter to complain about the ratings.

"Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got 'swamped' (or destroyed) by comparison to the ratings machine, DJT. So much for ... being a movie star-and that was season 1 compared to season 14," Trump wrote.

"Now compare him to my season 1. But who cares, he supported Kasich & Hillary," the president continued, referring to his presidential democratic opponent.

Schwarzenegger said in the magazine that after the president tweeted, he spoke to his team. "I said, 'Let's sit on it for an hour.'"

"I called my assistant and said, 'I think what we really should do is request a meeting and go back to New York. And then we just smash his face into the table,'" he quipped, laughing.

"And then I think 'We can't do that, either.' I think I have to be above all of that and put him on the spot," Schwarzenegger said.

The actor ended up posting a video to his social media accounts, saying, "Hey, Donald, I have a great idea. Why don't we switch jobs?"

"You take over TV, because you're such an expert in ratings, and I take over your job," he continued. "Then people can finally sleep comfortably again."

"I think people really reacted well to that response," Schwarzenegger said of his video. "I sound more presidential and more diplomatic and more elder statesman -- that's exactly the way Donald should be. And I should be the other way."

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Donald Trump spent weeks trying to decide on a secretary of state before he finally chose Rex Tillersonand then made it clear that he was partly motivated by the fact that Tillerson looked the part. And that was Tillerson's high point. A big chunk of the State Department's senior management team either resigned or was fired shortly after Trump's inauguration. Tillerson wanted Elliott Abrams as his deputy, but the White House turned him down. He's been notably absent from Trump's meetings with world leaders. The State Department hasn't held its daily press conference since Trump's inauguration. Tillerson's chief of staff is a Trump loyalist.

And Julia Ioffe writes in The Atlantic that it's not just Tillerson. The entire State Department is adrift:

With the State Department demonstratively shut out of meetings with foreign leaders, key State posts left unfilled, and the White House not soliciting many department staffers for their policy advice, there is little left to do. "If I left before 10 p.m., that was a good day," said the State staffer of the old days, which used to start at 6:30 in the morning. "Now, I come in at 9, 9:15, and leave by 5:30."

Some try to conduct policy meetings just to retain the muscle memory and focus, but, said another department employee, "in the last couple months, it's been a lot more sitting around and going home earlier than usual."

Even the torrent of inter-department email has slowed to a trickle. The State Department staffer told me that where she once used to get two hundred emails a day, it's down to two dozen now. "Not since I began at the department a decade ago has it been so quiet," she said. "Colleagues tell me it's the same for them."

A lot of this, the employee said, is because there is now a "much smaller decision circle." And many State staffers are surprised to find themselves on the outside. "They really want to blow this place up," said the mid-level State Department officer. "I don't think this administration thinks the State Department needs to exist. They think Jared [Kushner, Trump's son-in-law] can do everything. It's reminiscent of the developing countries where I've served. The family rules everything, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs knows nothing."

Very strange. It's not unusual for foreign policy to be run mostly out of the White House, nor is it unusual for Republicans to have a low opinion of the striped-pants set. Still, the State Department is the place that promotes the president's agenda around the world. You can't do that out of the White House with half a dozen staffers.

But you can't do it out of the State Department either if you ostentatiously make it clear that the president has cut the diplomatic corps out of the loop almost entirely. Trump's announcement that he wants to cut the State Department budget by a third is just the latest message of contempt from the White House. It's completely bananas, and Trump surely knows that it will never happen. It was little more than a way to publicly belittle the State Department yet again.

I haven't yet heard a persuasive explanation for exactly what Trump has against the State Department. He hasn't treated any other department this badly. What's the deal?

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Cold Open: Its set in a normal American house in 2017. Gold walls, gold doors, gold everything. Normal house. The family is beautiful. Nice-looking mom, nice-looking dad, hot kids. Dad tells his family he got fired. Job went to China. This happens. Mom tells family she also got fired. Job went to Mexico. Happens all the time. One kid says, Thanks, Obama! Big laughs. Huge laughs. Obama himself comes onstage and admits its his fault. Looks at the camera and says, Live from New York, its Saturday night!

Monologue: Donald Trump is the guest. Me, Donald Trump. I go out and tell it like it is. Talk about the world, the country, the news. I plug Ivankas clothing line. I plug the next four years of America. Alec Baldwin walks onstage mid-monologue trying to act like me and goes, Wait, who are you? Im Donald Trump. I punch Alec Baldwin so hard he becomes Billy Baldwin. Huge laughs. Everyone loves Billy Baldwin. Billys great. Im better.

Sketch No. 1: Its a car-commercial parody video. A normal American car is driving around a normal American mountain. Nice. Pretty. Sleek. We see Im driving the car. This is whats funny. I would never drive my own car. The audience will laugh, my chauffeur assures me.

Sketch No. 2: Its a normal American factory in 2018. Full of hard workers. Salt of the earth. Meet them all the time. Theyre turning coal into food. Classic factory. Boss comes in. Great guy. True leader. Definition of entrepreneur. I play the boss. I tell the workers that were doing too well. Factory is making too much money. We dont know what to do with all the money. This isnt funny, because this is commonplace under the Trump Administration. Whats funny is that all the money starts pouring out onto a conveyor belt in the factory and we try to handle it all, like in that I Love Lucy scene.

Sketch No. 3: This is that old Da Bears! sketch, but they say Da Barrons! instead. Pictures of my son are flashed on the screen. Billy Baldwin plays Chris Farleys part. He destroys. Everyone agrees hes better. I dont act in this one because Im busy tweeting about how great the episode is so far.

Musical Performance No. 1: Jimmy Buffett does Cheeseburger in Paradise. I play guitar with the band. My guitar has a normal American flag on it. Red, white, and blue, and all gold. I kill it. Knock it out of the park. I add two guitar solos. Buffett cries onstage. Real tears. Salty, like margaritas.

Weekend Update: Instead of those two guys, I host with Mike Pence. I talk about whats in the news and make it funny. Not hard with what the mainstream media report. I talk about a scientific study that further confirms that global warming isnt a hoax and that our planet is in serious trouble. America laughs so hard at that joke that the Environmental Protection Agency instantly dissolves. Camera shows Obama backstage doubled over laughing, saying, Its so true. I dont let Mike Pence say a single word the entire time.

Sketch No. 4: Russias national sketch group, Comrade Haha, has five minutes to do whatever it wants. (This isnt a political move; Comrade Haha is just hysterical.)

Musical Performance No. 2: Jimmy Buffett sings Cheeseburger in Paradise again. I play all the instruments. Everyone says Im the fifth Beatle. I agree.

Sketch No. 5: Its a normal American hundred-million-dollar private planemarble countertops, movie theatre, portrait gallery of paintings of me in it. Average things. I play the planes owner. Nice. Strong. An everyman. Joke is my personal flight attendant has a funny accent. Real weird. He says something and I go, What was that? Its great. Do it for, like, twelve minutes. I make America laugh again. The two living Beatles are so proud of me.

Farewells: The cast and I say thank you and wave goodbye. John Belushis ghost appears and says it was the best episode ever and that he voted for me in Heaven. Good man. Great ghost. As the credits roll, I punch Billy Baldwin so hard he turns into Stephen Baldwin. Huge laughs. Stephens great. Nobody in America wants to see my taxes.

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