Donald Trump may run for US President
05:55 AM Oct 07, 2010
WASHINGTON - Mr Donald Trump, the property magnate and reality television host, has declared his interest in running for President of the United States, saying that "somebody has to do something, because we are losing this country".
The 64-year-old is tempted to spend a hefty portion of his estimated US$2 billion ($2.6 billion) fortune on a White House bid.
"For the first time in my life, I'm actually thinking about it," Mr Trump, who declared himself a Republican, told Fox News Channel.
He did not rule out the possibility of running under the banner of the Tea Party, the conservative movement that so far has been seen as a sub-group of the Republican Party.
"I've never had any interest [in running for office] before," Trump expalined. "If I ever did, this would be the time...because we've never had a country that's sunk and that's gone to levels as low as it is right now. We're getting that inferiority complex, which we've never had."
"If I were interested, I'd be a Republican," the real estate developer told Time. "They have a chance to make a big difference [after the midterms]. The last time, they blew it."
Trump also complained that the Chinese are "ripping [the US] off."
"I think I'm qualified [to be president] because I deal with countries that are taking us to lunch in a negative sense," Trump said. "I deal with Chinese. I know the Chinese. I understand the Chinese. They laugh at our stupidity. That laugh at how stupid our leaders are."
Trump advocates a flat 25% import duty on all Chinese imports into USA to offset what he calls the 'currency manipulation' by the Chinese.
"Within one year, we can wipe out our treasury debts to the Chinese"
In economics, Trump said: "I am someone who looks for fairness for this country. I believe in free trade, but only if it's fair free trade."
As far as whether Trump would actually seek the Republican nomination, "we have to see what happens with the elections in November," he said to Time. "I've never seen a time that would be a more likely time than now."
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05:55 AM Oct 07, 2010
WASHINGTON - Mr Donald Trump, the property magnate and reality television host, has declared his interest in running for President of the United States, saying that "somebody has to do something, because we are losing this country".
The 64-year-old is tempted to spend a hefty portion of his estimated US$2 billion ($2.6 billion) fortune on a White House bid.
"For the first time in my life, I'm actually thinking about it," Mr Trump, who declared himself a Republican, told Fox News Channel.
He did not rule out the possibility of running under the banner of the Tea Party, the conservative movement that so far has been seen as a sub-group of the Republican Party.
"I've never had any interest [in running for office] before," Trump expalined. "If I ever did, this would be the time...because we've never had a country that's sunk and that's gone to levels as low as it is right now. We're getting that inferiority complex, which we've never had."
"If I were interested, I'd be a Republican," the real estate developer told Time. "They have a chance to make a big difference [after the midterms]. The last time, they blew it."
Trump also complained that the Chinese are "ripping [the US] off."
"I think I'm qualified [to be president] because I deal with countries that are taking us to lunch in a negative sense," Trump said. "I deal with Chinese. I know the Chinese. I understand the Chinese. They laugh at our stupidity. That laugh at how stupid our leaders are."
Trump advocates a flat 25% import duty on all Chinese imports into USA to offset what he calls the 'currency manipulation' by the Chinese.
"Within one year, we can wipe out our treasury debts to the Chinese"
In economics, Trump said: "I am someone who looks for fairness for this country. I believe in free trade, but only if it's fair free trade."
As far as whether Trump would actually seek the Republican nomination, "we have to see what happens with the elections in November," he said to Time. "I've never seen a time that would be a more likely time than now."
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