Real estate mogul Donald Trump said he hopes to endorse a candidate for the Republican nomination within the next “three or four weeks” but has not ruled out an independent bid if primary voters choose someone who can’t win.
“If they pick somebody who I think can’t win and if they pick somebody who is, in my opinion, the wrong person … and if the economy continues to be bad, I might run as an independent,” he told USA TODAY.
He also says he has the money to do it on his own.
Included his new book, Time to Get Tough Making America #1 Again, are the financial disclosure forms that Trump would have filed if he had decided to run for president this year.
So how much is he worth? More than $7 billion, the forms show.
“It’s hard for Trump to run and have somebody who is struggling say I’m going to send him $100 or $1,000,” Trump said, referring to himself in the third person three times. “They’d say I love Trump, I’m going to vote for Trump but it’s even nicer that he doesn’t need my money.
The reality television star announced in May that he would forgo a presidential bid after several months of speculation that he might throw his hat into the ring. The buzz began after he seized upon the so-called birther issue, a conspiracy-fueled theory that President Obama was not born in the United States, and he began appearing at the top of several early national polls.
(Source: USA Today)
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Donny,
If you pull a Perot, we will not be happy one iota. Be warned.
If he runs, he’ll split the Republican vote, and give the presidency to the meshuggena incumbent, for sure. Is that what he want to do? The goal here is to defeat Obama, not the republican candidate, whoever that may be!
He’s not really a republican. He certainly is strongly pro-corporate welfare, meaning he’ld be competing for Romney’s prime constituency (the “Country club” as opposed to the “Tea party” or “Sam’s club” Republicans).