Donald Trump Says He Could Re-Enter Presidential Race

Much like the annoying uncle who comes to visit and stays longer than anyone wants him to, Donald Trump just won’t go away:

Donald Trump’s decision to drop out of the 2012 presidential race may be as ephemeral as NFL quarterback Brett Favre’s decision to throw in the towel in 2008.

Like Mr. Favre, who was back on the gridiron playing for a different team just months after his teary farewell from football three years ago, Mr. Trump also appears to be considering suiting up to get back in the game – only this time as an independent.

“It was not an easy decision for me [to drop out of the Republican primary race in May], but I think that it will be an easy decision [to return to the campaign] if the Republicans choose the wrong candidate and if the economy is bad. I think it will be a really easy decision for me to make,” Trump told the Monitor in an interview in Panama City, shortly after inaugurating the Trump Ocean Club, the first Trump hotel and tower outside the United States.

If “The Donald” feels the time is right to get back in the race, look for him to make the announcement on the next season of his reality TV show The Apprentice – his primetime soapbox.

Trump says the “pressure was incredible” for him to announce his candidacy during last season. “They just wanted me to do it so badly,” he says. But he admits it’s still a possibility. “We have another season of the Apprentice coming up,” he says.

Trump says he thinks his “celebrity status would greatly help” in his possible bid for the presidency

And speculation about a Presidential run would increase his celebrity status, which is what this is really all about.

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Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Comments

  1. mantis says:

    Fixin’ the headline:

    Donald Trump Says He Could Re-Enter Presidential Race is Sad No One is Talking About Donald Trump

  2. The time has come.
    The time has come.
    The time is now.
    Just go.
    Go.
    Go!
    I don’t care how.
    You can go by foot.
    You can go by cow.
    Donald J Trump will you please go now!

  3. Nikki says:

    Marvin K. Mooney was always my favorite.