Real estate mogul Donald Trump is going a step further in his presidential machinations for 2016 than he did in 2012.
The New Hampshire Union-Leader and local TV station WMUR reported that Trump plans to announce the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on Wednesday, a day before visiting the first-in-the-nation primary state.
“I am the only one who can make America truly great again!” Trump said in a statement obtained by CNBC.
Last month, Trump began hiring consultants who could serve on a potential presidential campaign. The reality TV star also publicly toyed with a presidential run in 2012, but he didn’t take as concrete of a step as forming an exploratory committee during that cycle.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are the only other potential presidential contenders in a crowded field of likely GOP candidates to form exploratory committees at this stage.
Trump’s senior political adviser, Corey Lewandowski, told the Union-Leader that Trump has also declined to return for another season of his successful reality show “The Apprentice.”
“Nobody in the history of television has turned down a renewal,” Lewandowski told the newspaper. “But Mr. Trump can do that.”
Damn it, I say we are paying comedians far too much these days because the comedy material just writes itself!!
Well, at least he’s got a solid plan for dealing with the national debt, based upon his personal business experience: declare bankruptcy and leave our creditors holding the bag.
He’s so absolutely full of himself it’s amazing. He’s either doing it for the money or his huge ego… I say both.
“I am the only one who can make America truly great again!”
Does anyone else see a little narcissism here. Does he even know how that sounds?
Reminds me of Muhammed Ali back in the day, except Ali WAS the greatest.