# Donald Trump considering another presidential run **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417 "2015-03-19T19:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/21 "2015-03-20T03:48:27Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Of course Trump isn’t running. How many more times will the press fall for this shit? No argument here. But I hope he milks the spotlight as long as possible. We are all the beneficiaries, ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/22 "2015-03-20T05:25:39Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > It’s a shame that Fred Trump didn’t bequeath his $400 million fortune to a worthy cause. > > This clip of President Obama getting [revenge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJpWOY3r18) for Trump’s birther bullshit never gets old. > > Of course Trump isn’t running. How many more times will the press fall for this shit? Every time. He’s pulled this shit every election cycle since IIRC 1996 or 2000. It makes for good press. Hopefully however the sheople have caught on to the act, and won’t pay attention this time. Lyndon Larouche has more of a chance of winning the White House than Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/23 "2015-03-20T05:47:12Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Every time. He’s pulled this shit every election cycle since IIRC 1996 or 2000. It makes for good press. Hopefully however the sheople have caught on to the act, and won’t pay attention this time. Lyndon Larouche has more of a chance of winning the White House than Donald Trump. But if they both got nominated, what a campaign season! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/24 "2015-03-20T08:23:35Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > This clip of President Obama getting [revenge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJpWOY3r18) for Trump’s birther bullshit never gets old. Bit of an aside: every time I see that clip, and hear Obama joking about “the kind of decision that would keep me awake at night”, and remember that even as he said it, Seal Team 6 was heading for Abbotabad to kill bin Laden the next day … I realise that I would never play high-stakes poker with Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/25 "2015-03-20T15:09:11Z")
Can we have Herman Cain back too? There must have been a couple of Pokemon sequels by now. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/26 "2015-03-20T15:23:02Z")
We all know he isn’t really running, right? He just wants the attention he would get if he were running. This isn’t about Trump being president. It’s about Trump being Trump and the attention whore that he is. And we’re all contributing to that right here, me include. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/27 "2015-03-20T15:24:47Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We all know he isn’t really running, right? He just wants the attention he would get if he were running. This isn’t about Trump being president. It’s about Trump being Trump and the attention whore that he is. And we’re all contributing to that right here, me include. :smack: Well no, we’re not laughing with him, we’re laughing at him. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/28 "2015-03-20T16:56:20Z")
I want him to run. Please, run Trump run. In fact, I want him to win the Republican nomination. I’ll laugh at him the entire way, but I’ll still root for him (up until the general election). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/29 "2015-03-20T17:23:57Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Do you mean Kucinich? [Nope](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/us/kasich-looks-to-republican-primaries-ohio-story-in-hand.html?ref=politics). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/30 "2015-03-20T18:27:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Nope](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/us/kasich-looks-to-republican-primaries-ohio-story-in-hand.html?ref=politics). Not seeing the comparison to Trump, as Kasich has a long history of both state and federal offices. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/31 "2015-03-20T23:23:39Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Bit of an aside: every time I see that clip, and hear Obama joking about “the kind of decision that would keep me awake at night”, and remember that even as he said it, Seal Team 6 was heading for Abbotabad to kill bin Laden the next day … I realise that I would never play high-stakes poker with Obama. woah, really? I didn’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/32 "2015-03-20T23:31:14Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We all know he isn’t really running, right? He just wants the attention he would get if he were running. This isn’t about Trump being president. It’s about Trump being Trump and the attention whore that he is. And we’re all contributing to that right here, me include. :smack: ^ ^ ^ This ^ ^ ^ Seriously, what’s this business about _another_ presidential run? He’s never even made ONE. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/33 "2015-03-20T23:50:13Z")
**Blank Slate** That was a good video you posted about Obama responding to Trump’s birth certificate accusations. And lest we forget here is what _ **" The Donald "** _ had to say in 2011: > [@](#): > > “I have people that have been studying [Obama’s birth certificate] and they cannot believe what they’re finding… I would like to have him show his birth certificate, and can I be honest with you, I hope he can. Because if he can’t, if he can’t, if he wasn’t born in this country, which is a real possibility…then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics.” –Donald Trump, three weeks before Obama released his long-form birth certificate > **[Donald Trump's Craziest Quotes](https://www.liveabout.com/donald-trump-quotes-2733864)** > > Here's a roundup of more than 70 of the most ridiculous and outrageous statements President Donald Trump has ever made. Yes, Trump running again will surely bring more comedy back to the American political spectrum. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/34 "2015-03-21T03:00:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not seeing the comparison to Trump, as Kasich has a long history of both state and federal offices. I didn’t compare him to Trump. I just think his ideas are loony. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/35 "2015-03-22T22:22:37Z")
Mother 'a Ghod and all her wacky nephews… > **[Ted Cruz to announce presidential bid Monday](https://www.chron.com/news/politics/us/article/Ted-Cruz-to-announce-presidential-bid-Monday-6150890.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile)** > > Cruz, scheduled to speak Monday at a convocation ceremony at Liberty University in... The clowns are out in force. Even if Trump doesn’t run. Ted Honkin’ Cruz thinks there are enough crazy people and fascists to vote him into office… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/36 "2015-03-23T02:05:10Z")
Hey, just for fun, let’s TRY converting to a multi-party, parliamentary form of government, and see how long it takes us to use the nukes… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417/37 "2015-03-23T05:02:03Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > [QUOTE=Northern Piper] > Bit of an aside: every time I see that clip, and hear Obama joking about “the kind of decision that would keep me awake at night”, and remember that even as he said it, Seal Team 6 was heading for Abbotabad to kill bin Laden the next day … I realise that I would never play high-stakes poker with Obama. woah, really? I didn’t know that. [/QUOTE] [2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner was April 30, 2011](http://www.c-span.org/video/?299256-1/2011-white-house-correspondents-dinner), so Obama’s comments were probably somewhere around 9 pm EDT, April 30. [Osama bin Laden was killed somewhere around 1 am, May 2, 2011, local Pakistan time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden#Death). There’s a nine-hour time zone difference, so bin Laden was killed around 4 pm Washington time, May 1, 2011. The President announced it that evening, after the Seals had got out of Abbotabad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-considering-another-presidential-run/715417.md?page=1)