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President Trump? Says 'there's a substantial chance' he'll run & slaps Cruz for being born in Canada
The London Daily Mail ^ | December 16, 2014 | David Martosko

Posted on 12/16/2014 2:23:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

* Trump has kept his spotlight hot and raised smirks by speculating about a White House run, but now he's scheduling speeches in early primary states
* 'A lot of people believe I'm having fun with it, and I enjoy the process,' he said during an Economic Club of Washington event, but 'the country's in serious trouble'
* He lashed out at potential opponents including Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz
* Couldn't come up with a 'single nice thing' to say about Hillary Clinton and insists Sen. Elizabeth Warren will give her serious competition
* Trump has flirted with running for more than a decade but has never pulled the trigger
* One Iowa political consultant says: 'He's a loose cannon with a private jet. I can't wait'

Real estate mogul and 'The Apprentice' star Donald Trump isn't running for president yet, but he is sounding more and more like someone who believes there's a path to the White House opening up before him.

'I can tell you there's a very substantial chance I will (run),' Trump told MailOnline in an interview Monday before he spoke at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Washington.

But 'I don't want to put a number on it,' he said, when asked whether the chance of a Trump candidacy was better than 50-50.

He is, however, lining up support in key early primary states and taking pre-emptive swipes at potential rivals, both classic behaviors of the species POTUS seekus.

Next month Trump will appear at three separate events in Iowa, one of the three marquee states whose Republican voters will anoint a front-runner in the 2016 presidential nomination contest....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Iowa; New York; Texas; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; 2016gopprimary; aclown; bush; canada; churn; churning; donaldtrump; election2016; iowa; newyork; pumpanddump; tedcruz; texas; trump; trump2016
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Full title: President Trump? 'Apprentice' star says 'there's a very substantial chance' he'll run in 2016 and slaps GOP White House hopeful Ted Cruz for being born in Canada
1 posted on 12/16/2014 2:23:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let’s see, we have a choice between goofballs, traitors, incompetents, and guaranteed losers. Beautiful.


2 posted on 12/16/2014 2:25:55 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (At no time was the Obama administration aware of what the Obama administration was doing)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shut up Trump, you ridiculous bag of gas. Go build something.


3 posted on 12/16/2014 2:26:32 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Great the RINO’s are lining up the for chance to try to gang up on Cruz!

Any REAL conservative MUST BE STOPPED !

I HATE the GOPe


4 posted on 12/16/2014 2:27:08 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Romney, McCain, Obama, Cruz - seems odd that each was other born elsewhere, or born of at least one parent who was a foreigner, or both. Very odd.


5 posted on 12/16/2014 2:27:49 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

What it means is, Ted Cruz will run for President.


6 posted on 12/16/2014 2:27:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shave your head, Donald.


7 posted on 12/16/2014 2:28:33 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump was on CSPAN today being interviewed.
I figured something was up.

He’s like Gene Simmons...truly a relentless self promoter.
I do get a lot of laughs listening to him.


8 posted on 12/16/2014 2:28:33 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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To: PghBaldy

I’m guessing you forgot Rubio.


9 posted on 12/16/2014 2:29:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This primary field is going to be awful enough without novelty candidates. Go away Trump.

OTOH, he doesn't want to file any financial disclosure papers, so he's never going to run. Just going to troll for attention - again.

10 posted on 12/16/2014 2:29:29 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Be quiet Donald. If you’re real nice, your daughter will let you babysit the Grandkids again, and this time, maybe for free!


11 posted on 12/16/2014 2:29:31 PM PST by lee martell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump isn’t running for POTUS....

He would have to disclose his financials and that isn’t happening...


12 posted on 12/16/2014 2:30:23 PM PST by Popman
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To: smoothsailing

Trump is a useful idiot. Always has been.

But occasionally - he is one for our side.


13 posted on 12/16/2014 2:32:06 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Popman

Did 0bama?


14 posted on 12/16/2014 2:32:25 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump is little more than cartoon character. And narcissist.


15 posted on 12/16/2014 2:32:34 PM PST by subterfuge (Minnesota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: Dagnabitt
he doesn't want to file any financial disclosure papers,

Aren't most of Trumps deals (good, bad, and indifferent) pretty much out in public already?

16 posted on 12/16/2014 2:32:47 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When faced with yet another GOP loser provided by the party, we will write in Sen.Ted Cruz, a vote we can cast proudly.


17 posted on 12/16/2014 2:34:00 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
* Couldn't come up with a 'single nice thing' to say about Hillary Clinton and insists Sen. Elizabeth Warren will give her serious competition

He heard that from Bill.

18 posted on 12/16/2014 2:35:29 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: PghBaldy
Romney, McCain, Obama, Cruz - seems odd that each was other born elsewhere, or born of at least one parent who was a foreigner, or both. Very odd.

Not really, the Natural Born Citizen requirement is a thorn in the Open Borders / New World Order types.
This is why they are pushing every possible erode the requirement, this is why they are pushing them into the Presidency.

19 posted on 12/16/2014 2:36:10 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: smoothsailing

Amen to that. BTW did you hear Michael Savage saying that Cruz just ended his future political career by pandering to the left. He claimed that Cruz made a mistake agreeing with the left’s views of “torture”?


20 posted on 12/16/2014 2:37:29 PM PST by Jean2 (ox)
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