Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Tuesday during the Republican presidential debate that he’s still committed to running as a GOP candidate in the 2016 race.
Trump signed a pledge to the Republican National Committee earlier this year after publicly refusing to rule out a third-party bid. But he recently reignited speculation that he might renege on that agreement, saying as recently as Nov. 22 to ABC News that he’d have to “see what happens.” He also refused to rule out a third-party bid in that interview.
CNN debate moderator Hugh Hewitt asked Trump if he was still committed to running as a Republican.
“I really am, I’ll be honest,” Trump replied. “I really am.”
He stood by that comment in a post-debate interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo.
“When they asked it I did not hesitate, I decided to just say, ‘Yes I’m a Republican,'” Trump said. “And I’m going to be a Republican, I’m not going to be doing a third party. No matter what.”
And he will stick by that. Until February 2nd when he loses Iowa to Ted Cruz. Then this statement was never uttered.
The man commits to this, commits to that, says “I do. I do. I do.” (Has he sung “do be do be do” yet? Can’t remember.)
This is no reason to not trust the man, implicitly.
A dog barked somewhere. And so it goes.
He also said “I do” to several women. And then renigged. Just sayin’. So it is hard for me to believe anything he says
I suspect Trump will either be the Republican nominee or he will crater so bad that running as an independent, or even remaining a businessman who trades on his “brand”, will be nearly impossible. I just don’t see Trump’s political career ending anywhere in the middle, and probably not as the nominee, either. I see him just dropping out of public view. Most likely at some point, thinking he is actually presidential material, he will start to tack towards less bombastic and more reasonable, and his poll numbers will sink like a stone. Speaking for the Tea Party ID is really all he has going for him.
Exactly! This man, The Donald, can’t even keep his promise to the Lord, in all His Omnipotence (Yahweh, not Don) – what makes him think we will believe him now?
Donald Trump lies to his investors. Donald Trump steals from the taxpayer’s pot of money. Donald Trump lies to and cheats on his wives. Donald Trump lusts after his own daughter. Donald Trump makes himself orange … by choice. And these are the man’s not-so-bad qualities.