Even though one week Trace lost, Ivanka pointed out that Trace has consistently raised more money on every other task than Stephen Baldwin and, when Mr. Trump asked who wanted this more, Trace spoke up and emotionally spoke about how much he wanted to win for his charity. In the end, although Trace was project manager and had led his team to a loss, Mr. Trump felt that his past performance made him more valuable than Stephen, so Stephen was the one to go.