Donald Trump Would Spend $600 Million Of His Own Cash On 2012 Campaign (VIDEO)

During an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday, billionaire Donald Trump said he would spend up to $600 million of his own money on a presidential campaign should he decide to run in 2012.

"That's one of the nice things. I mean, part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich," he said in the exclusive interview conducted aboard his private plane. "So if I need $600 million, I can put $600 million myself. That's a huge advantage. I must tell you, that's a huge advantage over the other candidates."

Trump later signaled, however, that he does not think his affluence would adversely affect his ability to connect with voters. The real estate mogul and media personality is expected to announce whether or not he plans to run this summer.

"You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people," he said. "I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people."

Trump said if he runs and fails to secure the Republican nomination to go up against President Barack Obama, he'd consider mounting an independent campaign.

It may perhaps come as a surprise that during the segment Trump expressed a bit of doubt over whether the president was born in the United States. "Everybody that even gives a hint of being a birther," he said. "The reason I have a little doubt, just a little, is because he grew up and nobody knew him."

Also during the interview, Trump addressed House Speaker John Boehner's tendency to shed tears in the public.

"I don't like the crying," he said of the waterworks. "I do not like it. I don't understand it. I really like him as a person. I think the crying is an emotional thing that frankly, probably makes him a very nice man. But you know, I don't like to see it in a leader."

Click here to read more on what Trump had to say on ABC's "Good Morning America." Below, a clip of the interview.

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Comments

[Mark Voice]

07:54 PM on 04/21/2011

http://potustrump.com Enough said.

[citizen3x]

11:14 AM on 04/01/2011

He couldn't do a worse job than the clowns we already have in there running this country. Maybe he would run it like a business and we wouldn't be 14 trillion in debt and on the verge of insolvency.

[4moyears]

12:00 AM on 04/08/2011

Donald Trymp was once BANKRUPT! And now he is morally bankrupt.

[exhiliration]

10:29 AM on 03/29/2011

trump for president.... this is a joke right?

[darthmaul]

01:14 AM on 03/27/2011

"I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people." Funny I hear a lot about Bill and Melinda Gates doing good works all over the world, but I can't recall hearing anything about Trump. I think he defines "getting along" as having middle class and poor people working for him.

[exhiliration]

10:29 AM on 03/29/2011

nail on the head. right in the center. you said it.

[connecticutyankee]

09:07 PM on 03/21/2011

WHat a laugh. This clown doesn't have $60 mill liquid, let alone $600m

[stape45]

09:39 AM on 03/22/2011

The wealthy don't spend their own money anyway.

[1murillo]

06:01 AM on 03/21/2011

So what if he spends $600,000,000 of his own. He still wouldn't win.

[gtposse]

09:31 AM on 03/20/2011

Donald Trump does not have $600 million in any bank anywhere in the world.

[Garspies]

03:20 AM on 03/20/2011

Please run so we can say "you're fired" when you get trounced. Did you learn nothing from watching Meggers get flogged in CA?

[Zhonni]

07:27 PM on 03/19/2011

He doesn't have 600million to spend on a losing campaign. He doesn't have a chance with a billion dollars or more.

[Joel Einhorn]

04:03 PM on 03/19/2011

Go for it Donny boy. Waste some of your fortune. The world would be better off if you gave it to charity.

[Rmchairphilo]

12:38 PM on 03/19/2011

I guess he has the money to blow, because no matter how much he spends, there's no way he would ever actually be elected for anything, much less President.

[Real Patriot]

03:00 AM on 03/19/2011

Trump was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.

[ghostrider57]

01:59 PM on 03/18/2011

Donald states he relates more to the middle class and the poor. ya right!!

His definitions

Anybody worth less that 10 mill is poor
Anybody worth less than 100 mill is middle class.

The man has no clue what poor and middle class is and given a couple of more years his kind will have managed to eradicate the entire middle class.

[TheSecularist]

01:41 PM on 03/18/2011

It's doubtful Trump even has $600M. When he first appeared on Forbes' billionaire list, he (Trump) was the sole source of "documentation" to validate the "facts". Now, several bankruptcies later, he's still claiming to be a billionaire. Trump is no more credible as a presidential candidate than Palin. I hope he runs as an independent. The hapless Democrats could use his help.

[Tootsie56]

01:10 PM on 03/18/2011

HEy Trump, you should trip over at least ONE of the many bankruptcies you filed and never repaid because you were sleeping with the bankers! YOU FOR PRESIDENT IS AN EVEN BIGGER JOKE THAN YOUR INSUFERABLE TV JOKE! Buzz Off ashole.