Donald Trump Says He's Running for President For Reals This Time

Donald Trump told the Washington Post that he's serious about a run for president in 2016.

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Donald Trump spent most of the last presidential election cycle keeping track of exactly how many hits Mac Miller's song "Donald Trump" had on YouTube.

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@macmiller "Donald Trump the Song" gets 16M hits on YouTube. Who wouldn't be flattered?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2011

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.@MacMiller's "Donald Trump" just hit 60 million hits. Maybe I should go into a new business.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2012

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Rapper Mac Miller's song, "Donald Trump" has reached close to 72 million hits. He owes me big!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2012

But with that distraction seemingly out of the way, Trump tells The Washington Post that he's seriously going to run for president in 2016, for realsies this time. 

The strange hair/being-a-rich-guy icon tells the newspaper that he has hired an election lawyer and is holding off on signing up for another season of NBC's Celebrity Apprentice to focus on his campaign. He also met with Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Monday to discuss his plans to run.


“Everybody feels I’m doing this just to have fun or because it’s good for the brand,” Trump said in an interview with The Washington Post. “Well, it’s not fun. I’m not doing this for enjoyment. I’m doing this because the country is in serious trouble.”

Trump is worth $4 billion according to the Forbe's billionaire list. 

If he is elected, his immigration policy will probably involve making the Academy Awards less Mexican

[Via The Washington Post]

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