Trump Says He’s Decided ‘In My Mind’ to Pursue the Presidency

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg

New York real estate developer Donald Trump says he has decided “in my mind” to run for president, yet won’t make an official announcement before the season finale of his reality television show later this month.

“In my mind, I have already decided,” Trump, 64, said in a telephone interview today. “I am going to announce. But I can’t do anything until the show ends.”

Trump said he will focus on “making our country rich and respected,” by creating jobs, boosting the economy and stopping China and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries from taking advantage of the U.S.

“The OPEC nations will be acting much differently, and fuel prices will go down and the economy will become strong again,” Trump said. “They may like me or not like me, but nobody will be ripping us off.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-01/trump-says-he-s-decided-in-my-mind-to-seek-presidency-after-apprentice-.html

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I'm willing to bet he decided this last night, after getting publicly humiliated...

[Wickerman]

1. Bad linky

[brooklynite]

2. fixed

[roguevalley]

54. Obama has just goaded his enormous ego into doing the stupid.

If we can get him cancelled, he has no where to go but down.

[graywarrior]

3. The windmills of his mind

Something's moving that hair...has to be windmills.

[Joe Bacon]

37. I see Trump's HO Model Train Of Thought has left the station...

I saw the clips of the insane Southern GOPers supporting him. Don't underestimate the stupidity of the GOP rank and file, they may nominate him by acclimation at the convention!

[LynneSin]

4. I don't want some guy who sells cheap chap from China telling us what to do about China

Trump is the problem with China - not the solution

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-admits-gear-made-china-labels/story?id=13472355

[annabanana]

39. boy howdy you got THAT one rlight!. . . n/t

[dkf]

5. Maybe that was Obama's calculation.

Could it be he decided to pick his opponent? If Trump has the money maybe the others don't have a chance.

[polichick]

8. That's what I've been thinking. heh heh

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Oooooh--

Suddenly much falls into place.

[dkf]

30. Three dimensional chess indeed :)

Gotta hand it to him if so. Make the populace pick between histrionics and level headedness. It's a nice contrast.

Even if Trump can't win the nomination the amount the field will have to put out to compete with him will leave the Repubs unbelievably broke. The club for growth types can go all out against Trump (closet socialist doncha know...he floated taxing all wealth at 16%) and spend all their corporate donations.

[liberal N proud]

6. Obama will eat him for lunch

And we will all laugh all the way to the polls.

[Enrique]

7. he can't announce for president til the circus leaves town

it's the carny code.

[jmowreader]

35. And it's also federal elections law

Television stations have to sell advertising time to all candidates at the same price.

The current run of The Apprentice pays Donald Trump $3 million per episode. If Trump declares before the show ends, the Federal Elections Commission will probably declare each episode of The Apprentice to be a campaign commercial--hence NBC would be required to give the president a one-hour campaign commercial for each episode of Trump's show, and to pay the president $3 million for being in them.

They obviously do not want to do this, so the second Trump declares, he is no longer a TV Reality Show Star.

[somone]

9. Run, Hair, Run!

[msanthrope]

10. Obama goaded him into running---and the IRS/FEC can look into

'donations in kind.'

[SomeGuyInEagan]

52. Oh, that'd be sweet!

And, Trump will be hounded to make his finances public. Many doubt he is anywhere close to what he claims to be, financially.

[jaysunb]

12. I'll bet you're right

:rofl:

[Uncle Joe]

13. I believe he's already running, it began the moment he re-promoted the birther nonsense and

I also believe his calling the Chinese MFs is part of his red meat approach at courting the Xenophobic strain that makes up the tea baggers.

I suspect he will use subliminal language to promote him self as a candidate in his "reality" corporate media program.

Thanks for the thread, brooklynite.

[Amonester]

47. Don't forget the "Bomb Bomb Bomb" (some countries in which.....

"dark-skinned earthlings and terrarist cults HAVE ALL THE OIL") $ong.... :puke: the KKKoch bRotheR$$$$ R frothing at the mouth to TAKE!

If you know anyone (ah-um) who ever thought the cheney/bush junta was bad.... this 'money trump$ peace' one would be like the 2000 Coup on steroids!

He's gonna 'appeal' to the stupidzzzzzzzz by telling them they will benefit from it on all airwaves 24/7, thanks to Citizens United(TM). And you know what? They will 'buy' his utter BS!!

Now if they think 'gutting SS and MEDICARE forever' will benefit them after they'll vote for THAT kind of corporate fascism.... :grr:

[Faygo Kid]

14. Run, Donald, Run! As insane as he is, he is moderate by GOP standards.

[SkyDaddy7]

15. I think NBC will make the announcement for him...

I am almost positive NBC will be releasing next seasons line up of shows this month & The Apprentice will either be on the line up if he is not running or not on the line up if he is.

Can someone who knows if this is true or false please chime in?

Thanks!

[mary195149]

28. NBC Line Up

According to Lawrence O'Donnell, NBC line up is on May 16th.

[bowens43]

16. He probably will run in his mind.........nt

[Keith Bee]

17. After all, that's the ONLY place where he has a snowball's chance

:rofl:

[Iliyah]

21. The higher ranking

gopers not goper/tea brats, but the actual gopers will NOT allow Trump to win. They will get this jerk out either by offering him money or as the mob would say - "he couldn't refuse the offer". The gopers taste absolute power like how Hitler did. And please do not tell me there is no parallel of what the gopers are doing around the country and what Hitler did.

[treestar]

76. +1

:rofl:

[spooky3]

22. Not to be Nixonian, but if you look carefully at the quotes, he really did NOT say he decided to run

He just said he had "decided" and that he would make an "announcement."

He could always "announce" after the show ends that he had "decided" not to run.

The reporter is drawing conclusions that aren't warranted based strictly on what she reported. She may be right about what he's thinking, but that's not what The Donald said.

[jonthebru]

46. I've been a rock star in my mind!

[rpannier]

18. And in his mind he will win

He can join the Emperor of San Francisco Joshua Abraham Norton

Norton, apparently mentally unbalanced, claimed to be the Emperor of the United States. Although he had no political power, and his influence extended only so far as he was humored by those around him, he was treated deferentially in San Francisco, and currency issued in his name was honored in the establishments he frequented.

Though he was considered insane, or at least highly eccentric, the citizens of San Francisco celebrated his regal presence and his proclamations, most famously, his "order" that the United States Congress be dissolved by force and his numerous decrees calling for a bridge and a tunnel to be built across San Francisco Bay

[AndyTiedye]

42. Emperor Norton Would Have Made a Much Better President

[connecticut yankee]

19. Don't sell him short

He's got tons of money to blow on the campaign and as many dirty tricks as the rest of them put together.

If he runs, you'll see the dirtiest campaign in history.

[uncle ray]

26. what could possible prevent '12 from being the dirtiest campaign in history?n/t.

[spooky3]

20. oh, please do! This will keep a lot of us amused for a long time.

plenty of material for Letterman, O'Brien, Stewart, Colbert, etc., as well as Olbermann and the MSNBC hosts we like.

[Ian David]

23. Trump has a secret plan to win the oil war. n/t

[suffragette]

41. Reminds me of when Josh Lyman addressed press corps on West Wing

and all hell broke loose about the Secret Plan to Fight Inflation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP3pl8MEEEc



That scene was promptly followed by one in which he was asked "have you fallen down and hit your head on something hard?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5AwvS5WFQ&feature=related


Maybe someone needs to ask Trump that question, too?

[sufrommich]

24. 2012 is going to be a beautiful thing to behold. I can't wait. nt

[postulater]

25. That sounds like an announcement to me.

Or did he just announce that he was going to announce the announcement at some later date?

[tomm2thumbs]

27. that leaves very little room for a decision

if he had half a mind to run, he'd be Sarah Palin, who also has half a mind

[woo me with science]

29. I bet he will win in his mind, too. nt

[EC]

31. He likely thinks this is how he can

"get even with Obama" for his treatment last night...That's what he was thinking while staring daggers into Obama and Meyers last night.

[LuckyLib]

32. I love that phrase, "in my own mind"! In who else's mind would he have decided it.

[AlbertCat]

50. In who else's mind would he have decided it.

Mentok... the Mind Taker's, perhaps?

[neverforget]

56. I was thinking he pulled it out of his ass

[msongs]

33. your celebrating trump's running for prez may be premature and come back to bite you nt

[Gman]

34. Was he not paying attention last night?

Hello! Donald! Last night was just a little taste of what's going to happen. Don't get it, do you?

[jimlup]

36. I hope the ass clown runs

He should help put and end to the Republican party once and for all.

[lobodons]

38. Down Ballot races

It will be interesting to see the effects on the down ballot races. Me thinks Speaker Pelosi is going to love the results.

[idrahaje]

40. just as countries are respecting us again here comes trump

you can't have countries respect us and muck with OPEC at the same time cause what he'd force on OPEC is lower the prices for us and jack it up for everyone else. dude just doesn't understand supply and demand..

key isn't with OPEC it's how much we are using.

[freshwest]

43. The billionaire populist descends from his Tower to save us all! Thanks Donny! Don't fire me, Boss!

I was just kidding about that small dead animal on your head.

:rofl:

[salin]

44. yes multiple business bankruptcies is a great track record - bushjr on steroids.

that will work well. Thankfully his "I think I am smarter than everyone else" tendencies have already led to an implosion of sorts.

[Initech]

45. Donald Trump: The crazy third world dictator America needs!!

:popcorn:

[jwirr]

48. To any thinking person he is not presidential material but his lingo

on OPEC and oil prices will be music to the ears of the idiots. And on this board at least we know that there is not much one can do to bring the price of a commodity that is both limited and manipulated down. What we have to worry about is are there more idiots than there are normal people among the voters.

[Amonester]

53. Exactly. I see DUers here making fun of this dangerous clown. NEVER UNDER-ESTIMATE

NEVER UNDER-ESTIMATE THE POWER OF "the newest shinny object", IN THIS CASE:

The Return Of The Good Years Of The American Dream(TM)
Obama Does Not Want YOU To Have Access To!

See the link (TAKE) in my reply (#47) above: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4834496&mesg_id=4834630

[bigworld]

72. What's that old Adlai Stevenson story?

During one of Stevenson's presidential campaigns, allegedly, a supporter told him that he was sure to "get the vote of every thinking man" in the U.S., to which Stevenson is said to have replied, "Thank you, but I need a majority to win.

[jonthebru]

49. Remember Lee Iacocca?

I knew a wall street person who knew Iacocca well. I was a Kid but asked the person I knew about that candidacy. He said that these corporate executives make lousy politicians because they always insist on getting their own way. Politicians especially the President must be willing and able to compromise. Notice how many Presidents have been governors? Not that many have come from the Senate or House directly, Obama is quite an exception. The Presidency demands a rare combination of skill and talent. No Republican in sight has what it takes in my opinion. None will negotiate well or compromise. If any of those repub thug clowns becomes President we are in deep, deep kukai.

[AsahinaKimi]

51. Let him Run...

HE will be as big of a FAIL~ure as he was last night.

[suzanner]

55. Thinking of Ventura, overconfidence can backfire.

Recognition from TV, say what they wanna hear, free TV time just because he's a celebrity... I recall when Jesse was elected and everyone was pretty much shocked. Don't underestimate is all I'm sayin. Hubris against insanity gives insanity the edge.

[Bombero1956]

57. let him run

All Trump can say is he fired Gary Busey, Obama fired Osama.

[Arkana]

58. Obama's the bin Laden slayer. Let Trump run against that.

[onehandle]

59. Liar. nt

[Mz Pip]

60. Somehow yammering about birth certificates

and college transcripts decades old won't have much weight in the coming days.

[NJGeek]

61. Ooops!! Bad timing donald

like the timing on that haircut. what a dick.

good night.. games over for 2012 folks...

[truthisfreedom]

62. No kidding. Donald picked the wrong day to read the magic 8 ball under that combover of his.

Timing is everything, Donald.

[cosmicone]

66. Trump wants to see OBL's long form death certificate. n/t

[isuphighyeah]

63. After this evening's news, good luck

with that one Donny.

[Historic NY]

64. +1

[krkaufman]

65. I think what he said was ....

... that he was going to run for President "in my mind." And I expect he'll win election there, as well.

[lbrtbell]

67. Fuck Trump and the bad hair that rode in on him. nt

[Breathe]

68. In his mind...

...was the only place he ever had a chance of winning.

Winning!

[6000eliot]

69. Well, that's the only way he'll get it.

[No Elephants]

70. In my toe, I decided he'll lose if he runs. (So, bring it, Bozo.) eom

[bigworld]

71. Well you could end the show early

Obviously "The Apprentice" is more important to you than the election.

[Javaman]

73. The rantings of horrible hair.

he's having a bad brain day.

[Imagevision]

74. Interesting, tea-partiers GOP don't want Trump to run, they actually favor Romney and Huckabeeee

[treestar]

75. So he decided that in an empty space?