Rumor: Donald Trump mulling another run for president in 2016
AP Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta, File. Donald Trump speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on May 14.
By MSN News
The billionaire tycoon's executive vice president confirms $1 million is being spent to examine Trump's "standing in each state."
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Here we go again. Raise your hand if you've heard this one before: Billionaire Donald Trump wants to be president of the United States. Well, Trump's executive vice president and special counsel Michael Cohen told the New York Post and then confirmed to CBS News that his boss put up $1 million for researching a 2016 run.
Trump hasn't made any firm decision whether he will run, but Cohen said, "He is exactly what this country needs."
Fourth time a charm?
If the "Celebrity Apprentice" host is truly serious about jumping in feet first, it would mark the fourth time he has at least entertained the thought. He first pondered a run for president in 1988, although it wasn't a serious bid. In 1999, Trump got more organized and started a public play for a possible candidacy on the Reform Party ticket, made popular by Ross Perot's fairly successful run in 1996. But Trump decided not to run, blaming infighting within the party.
And in 2012, he considered running after telling CBS News' Bob Schieffer that the GOP was getting nowhere fast with all of the candidates' mud-slinging.
Even if he chooses not to run three years from now, Trump said the GOP will need a very strong candidate to go up against Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom he predicts will be the Democratic candidate.
"If (Republicans) don't pick the right person, it will be a landslide," Trump said at a fundraising dinner for the Oakland County (Mich.) Republican Party last week.
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