Donald Trump running for President in 2012

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/20...state-mogul-absolutely-thinking-about-it.html

ABC News' Huma Khan reports: Where there's opportunity, there's Donald Trump.

The real estate tycoon turned reality TV host is thinking of a new career, again -- as president of the United States. Trump said via phone on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Tuesday that he is looking at a possible 2012 bid because "this country will not be great if something isn't done rapidly."

"For the first time in life, I am absolutely thinking about it," Trump announced.

Except, this is not the first time. Trump has been flirting with the idea for nearly two decades.

He first suggested running on the Republican ticket in 1988. A decade later, in 1999, he used similar rhetoric as Tuesday, telling NBC’s Matt Lauer: “I’m serious. I’ve seen polls come out saying I could win.” Except then, he suggested he would run on the Reform Party ticket.

In 2007, Trump floated the idea of Oprah as his running mate.

On Tuesday, he said he will run as a Republican.

If history is any guide, Trump’s chances of winning, or even coming close, are very slim. Ross Perot, another billionaire businessman who founded the Reform Party, ran for president twice unsuccessfully.
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What a waste of time and money. He must be even more delusional than what I first thought.
 
Venomous said:
What a waste of time and money. He must be even more delusional than what I first thought.
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Americans love celebrities & I suspect he will get many votes, probably not win but still get votes.
 
He loves his "Trump" branding....

What will he name America? "Trump's country"?

hehe, some people /facepalm
 
Bwahaha... that guy is so full of himself it is not funny. Hopefully the RNC will reject this outright and that will bring him down a few pegs.
 
Woudn`t put it past the americans to vote him in...he is how ever in my opinion a greedy idiot. If you ever read any of his books....or at least the ones he puts his name on you will know that he will do anything to get a few bucks in royalty fees. If he build the trump empire from scratch, then he might have earned the right to be the way he. Inheriting money is not that hard though.
 
BrokenLink said:
Woudn`t put it past the americans to vote him in...he is how ever in my opinion a greedy idiot. If you ever read any of his books....or at least the ones he puts his name on you will know that he will do anything to get a few bucks in royalty fees. If he build the trump empire from scratch, then he might have earned the right to be the way he. Inheriting money is not that hard though.
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He has to get past Arnie first!
 
Venomous said:
He has to get past Arnie first!
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Arnold can't run because he's not American-born. That's why there are some people out there that calls for Obama's impeachment because they still believe he was born in Kenya.

But yeah, if you read the full transcript you'd have seen he also said "I probably won't be doing it". He was only asked about because there's some buzz going around after a poll went out in New Hampshire, which he says he's got nothing to do about.

Him running is not as ridiculous as these U.S. Presidential campaigns lasting nearly two years. I will say at least it provides for some good entertainment at times, as I'm sure the next one will be no doubt.
 
Trump/Arnie vs Stone/Penn in 2012.....
 
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