OK, it's Newsmax, but wouldn't it be freak show if it's true? Trump Says He Will Run for President

[cali]

Monday, 03 Jan 2011 10:03 AM


By Ronald Kessler

Billionaire Donald Trump is telling friends he has decided he will definitely run for president as a Republican.

Trump will make the announcement when his NBC show "The Apprentice" finishes the season in the spring, he is confiding. He has been soliciting recommendations on political advisers, focusing initially on the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary. Trump declined to comment.

In October, Trump said on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" and on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that he was thinking about the possibility of running. In an interview from Scotland, where he has been building a golf course, Trump expanded on his comments to Newsmax, saying that "the world is laughing at us" and the United States is now “a punching bag for the world.”

It is “sad what’s happened to the country,” Trump said. “We’re no longer a respected nation, and we should be the most respected.”

According to a Newsmax/SurveyUSA poll conducted Nov. 3 and 4, in a head-to-head race between President Obama and Trump, the entrepreneur would get 47 percent of the vote, versus 53 percent for Obama.


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[SpiralHawk]

1. Well, you certainly have to give Trump a shot a winning the Republicon nomination

... because he is so highly qualified on the selfish, greedy, arrogant A-hole scale that is so important to RepubliCrony voters.

[DesertFlower]

2. i've heard him say that he might.

[leveymg]

3. All Hail, Il Duce!

Protector of Real Estate Barons, Master of the Comb-over! We adore you! Flowers and chocolates in your path as you March On Rome . . . er, Washington . . . er, things are getting weirder and weirder.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. You're liar'd!

:think:

[WinkyDink]

5. And the world would NEVER laugh if Trump were elected! Bwahahahahaha!!

[JBoy]

6. I hope he makes Gene Simmons his VP.

[Atman]

7. Sadly, Americans could fall for this shit.

We love us our celebrities. We don't care if they're capable of governing, just so you can have a beer with 'em or they can shoot a caribou whose feet are stuck in cement. If Beyonce or one of the Kardashians ran, now we'd have some serious politicin'!

[cali]

9. please don't say that.

[monmouth]

14. He's also a close friend to the Koch brothers, neighbors and all. Don't

dismiss this latest threat...

[NoPasaran]

8. President of what? The "Hair" Club For Men?

[pnwmom]

10. With the big competition being Palin, how could he lose? n/t

[Tatiana]

11. It would certainly make things interesting. I wouldn't just dismiss him.

Ross Perot made a strong showing... people do tend to listen to the so-called "business leaders."

[spanone]

12. he's about as electable as sarah palin

[MilesColtrane]

13. I welcome the short-fingered vulgarian into the freak show that is the Republican...

party presidential hopefuls.

Can you imagine a Palin/Trump/Romney/Perry debate?

With all of them together in one room, the rest of the country's collective IQ would rise by double digits.

[anamandujano]

16. The comments in this thread

are giving my dismal existence desperately needed levity. Your's got the biggest laugh.

[Initech]

15. Trump / Palin 2012. Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

[fishwax]

17. I remember hearing him talk about running in 2000, b/c Americans really wanted him to

I remain skeptical.

[Motown_Johnny]

18. Trump/Bloomberg

[Renew Deal]

19. It will be entertaining, but he will lose.

badly

[butterfly77]

20. +1

[zbdent]

21. what ... he's finally going to make it official?

Not about running, about being a Republican.