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Re: Donald Trump announces he won't run for president in 2012 AP
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Originally Posted by JWalker
he was never going to run. anybody who thought he was, doesn't understand Trump. he was trying to boost ratings for this season's ridiculous cast.
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i would've agreed with that until I read this... 
How Serious Was Donald Trump About 2012? ‘More Serious Than...People Realize,’ Political Adviser Says
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Had Donald Trump decided to run for president he and his aides were planning an announcement event in an iconic location -- the glittering atrium of his own building on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
There, at Trump Tower, surrounded by polished marble, brass, mirrors and even a waterfall , the real estate and reality television mogul planned to hold a morning press conference on Wednesday, May 25. It was to be followed by a series of events over the next few weeks in early nominating states like New Hampshire and Iowa that Trump confidantes said would attract thousands.
“I love this country, I hate what’s happening to it,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News in April when asked about the chances he would run, “and you may very well be surprised.”
But Trump’s abrupt announcement on Monday that he would not seek the Republican nomination, renewed questions about whether it was all just a fantasy created by Trump and a small cadre of advisers to raise his profile and improve his negotiating position before signing on for a 12th season of “The Apprentice.”
For the third time since 1988, Trump flirted with a run before ultimately rejecting the idea. As he said in a statement, “business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.”
But he was apparently ready to think about it -- so much so that Trump had been meeting with political consultants on a weekly basis and talking to them on the phone even more frequently. Last Thursday they handed him a campaign plan complete with suggested names for a campaign manager, a finance director and even a team to run his political website.
“He was more serious than a lot of people realize,” John McLaughlin, one of the consultants working closely with Trump, said in an interview with ABC News. “He definitely had a path to victory -- it would have been a tough path.”
A few weeks ago, Trump settled on McLaughlin, who along with his brother Jim, run a New York and Virginia-based polling and strategic services firm, McLaughlin & Associates, to draw up the blueprint for a potential presidential bid.
When asked how close he believed Trump was to running on a scale of one to ten, McLaughlin answered, “I think he was a nine.”
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