Donald Trump Talks Possible Independent Run, Iowa Caucus 2012

Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Monday he might run for president if the Republicans pick the "wrong candidate."

"I do have my ducks in line if I want to do it, but I'd love to see the Republicans pick somebody that was going to win and take over this country and frankly, to use the expression, make America great again," he said on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," referring to a report saying that Trump supporters had filed paperwork in Texas to allow him run as a third-party candidate under the name of the "Make America Great Again Party." Trump switched his voter registration to "unaffiliated" late last year.

(Video above via Fox News.)

On the filing, he said Monday that he "just heard about it, in fact I heard about it on your show," adding "I don't know anything about it." However, he sent a statement to the conservative blog The Blaze Sunday night saying that he was "aware and flattered" by the filing.

Trump also commented on the upcoming Iowa caucuses. "I think when somebody like Ron Paul gets such a large percentage of the vote potentially, I look at the polls, and I think it's absolutely madness to even think about it," he said.

"I just see the candidates go up and down. It's like yo-yos, they go up and down, they're gone, they're forever forgotten, then they re-emerge. Now what's going on is very strange. I don't think I've seen anything like it, and I've been following politics for a long time."

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Comments

[BeyondTheBull]

01:23 AM on 01/30/2012

I'd like to see Trump back up his mouth with action, for a change. Run for President as an Independent Mr. Trump ... please. My vote, however, will be for Obama.

[Rose bandit]

09:44 AM on 01/04/2012

Why does the media keep putting this retarded gnome on tv?
This guy makes such a (a s s) of our Country.
What a blow hard school yard bully.

[considerthis]

09:01 AM on 01/04/2012

Donnie gave away the plan -- it's to "take over this country". And repubs, that means from you too. Start reading up on how to survive in books like "1984" and all any set in medevial times.

[huff reader]

08:51 AM on 01/04/2012

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[pepenero]

08:41 AM on 01/04/2012

Please run, please, please, please. We need the laughter and I need to find out just how big an ask
you can make of yourself.
But,I'm sorry to have to tell you this, God told me that you will never run. That you are, in fact, a front man for the business people who bailed you out. That you are broke but they give you an apartment and expenses just to represent and keep alive the now phoney Trump holdings.
God said that you are terrified that the folk will find out about this but that you must do stupid things once in awhile just to keep your name and image active.
God told me all of this. If you don't believe me just ask Him.

[krenzny]

08:36 AM on 01/04/2012

Translation: If the American people pick the wrong man for the presidency, I will just try to buy the office myself. His disregard for the will of the American voter is insulting, and he is a revolting egomaniac who obviously, not only has no regard for the democratic process, but is clinging to his outdated 80's idea that money = respect.

[huff reader]

08:53 AM on 01/04/2012

If scum could walk and talk...

[Screed]

08:28 AM on 01/04/2012

I'm not that lucky that this idiot would run.

[johntangier]

08:25 AM on 01/04/2012

A THIRD PARTY CANIDATE? IF PAUL OR TRUMP RUN AS A THIRD PARTY THE WILL HAVE THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT AND EVANGELICAL CONSERVATIVES ATTACK HIM HARD FOR THEY KNOW IT WILL ONY BENIFIT OBAMA AND MAKE SURE HE WINS AGAIN.

[Andrea Claxton]

08:43 AM on 01/04/2012

Obama's going to win anyway. None of the Republiclowns can beat him.

[johntangier]

08:20 AM on 01/04/2012

TRUMP, WILL NOT TELL YOU WHO IS THE WRONG CANDIDATE, BECAUSE HE HAS NO INTENTION OF RUNNING, WHO EVER WINS TRUMP WILL SAY HE IS THE RIGHT ONE AND NOW WILL NOT RUN AS A THIRD PARTY, THIS PHONEY IS SO TRANSPARENT.

[yauxeybalba]

08:12 AM on 01/04/2012

He finally figured out than no one was listening to him hiding out in the closet having one of his hissy fits.

[skykam]

07:49 AM on 01/04/2012

== Donald Trump said Monday he might run for president if the Republicans pick the "wrong candidate." ==

He is the wrong candidate.

[Lynda Filler]

07:36 AM on 01/04/2012

That would be perfect... maybe make the voters split yet again...
Obama in 2012!

[BoycottFox2]

07:34 AM on 01/04/2012

The only thing he'll run is his mouth...

[Periwinkle]

07:22 AM on 01/04/2012

Must be time to promote the next season of his show.

[efell]

06:35 AM on 01/04/2012

Trump, Bachmann 2012. Why doesn't anyone question this loser on full financial disclosure? It'll never happen. His only source of major income comes from his inane 'reality show'. If anyone pays attention to this guy the country is in bigger trouble than they know. If the press would just ignore Mr. Frump, maybe he would just go away. Probably not.