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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Trump: I’m ‘Last Person Obama Wants To Run Against’

Though many still scoff, he says ‘I'm leading in every poll’ among GOP field

Donald Trump’s continued insistence that Barack Obama produce a U.S. birth certificate to prove his presidency constitutionally legitimate may be merely an annoyance to Obama — but that’s not why the White House is watching the real estate tycoon’s latest courtship with a 2012 run of his own, Trump said Tuesday.

“I know many people at the White House and one in particular,” Trump told Savannah Guthrie of NBC News in a taped interview broadcast on TODAY. “The last person he wants to run against is Donald Trump. That I can tell you.”

Story: Trump: I have ‘real doubts’ Obama was born in U.S.

Sounding increasingly like he might seriously seek the Republican nomination, Trump pointed to his vast (though sometimes disputed) personal wealth, his standing in the polls, and his willingness to take on China on trade and OPEC on oil prices as reasons Obama might prefer to face one of a handful of former and current governors considered the GOP’s most likely candidates at this point.

But before he can ask the Republican party for the right to represent it in 2012, the 64-year-old host and executive producer of NBC’s “The Apprentice” must first convince a large number of skeptics that he really intends to run, and consequently open his vast real estate, gaming and media interests to close scrutiny.

Video: Trump ups ante in feud with Cosby (on this page)

“What do you think you can do to really prove to people that you are serious, that you are a contender, and that you are presidential?” Guthrie asked Trump.

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8 comments:

  1. AlexApril 19, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    I used to like The Donald, looks like he has lost his mind.
    He resembles a classier version of the Charlie Sheen meltdown.

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  2. AnonymousApril 19, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    mickey mouse would be better than obamie!

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  3. AnonymousApril 19, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    Nah,
    Donald has class but I do believe a pre-schooler will do a better job than no-obama...

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  4. lmclainApril 19, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    The biggest thing that bothers me about Trump is his propensity to crow about his money and business acumen. Would THAT acumen include his TWO bankruptcy filings in which he screwed a whole lot of small businessmen and vendors out of millions? Is THAT how he plans to deal with OUR deficit? I'm worried about just who the Republicans are going to run against obama, because it ain't gonna be easy to beat him (and I'm a Republican), but Trump?? He has NO chance.

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  5. UnknownApril 19, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    The deciding vote for the last election was the independents. If this pans out that Trump runs as an independent, he will take votes aware from Obama.

    I don't think he wants the job. I think he just doesn't want Obama to stay in the job.

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  6. AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    It bothers me that he has said he will run as an independent if he doesn't get the GOP nomination. In '08, he openly & greatly supported bo. If he runs as an independent, by splitting the vote, he assures bo a win in '12.

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  7. LadyLiddyApril 20, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    The man has failed miserably in his latest interviews. Why can't this country come up with any decent contenders for President? I'm exhausted over the issues already and the campaigns haven't even begun.Too much drama and absolutely NO substance.

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  8. AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    Al, you are not necessarily correct. Not everyone tows the party line. Some registered independents (like myself) registered as such because they didnt' want to be "A Democrat" or "A Republican". Just because an independent runs, that doesn't mean they necessarily have my vote.

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