Trump: I might still run for presidentDonald Trump has bowed out of moderating a Republican primaries debate, citing a potential conflict of interest. “I am not willing to give up my right to run as an Independent candidate,” the business magnate and The Apprentice host said in a statement, reports Matt Negrin.
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Video of the Day: From the desk of Donald
Donald Trump and his Republican pal Sarah Palin caught up for pizza and performed a major New Yorker faux pas. Shock horror: they ate it with knives and forks! Donald takes to YouTube to explain his poor behaviour and also why he doesn’t eat the crusts…
Trump fires himself, let the real election begin
After months of speculation, Donald Trump finally declared that he won’t stand as a presidential nominee for the Republican ticket. Enough with the joke candidates, the Republican Party needs to figure out its game plan fast, warns Maggie Haberman.
Guy Rundle: Birtherism bound for half-remembered dance craze status
Clearly the White House would have liked the birther issue to run on right to the edge of the primary season.
Media briefs: Budget beat-ups begin … SMH goes back in time
The Canberra Times previews the ACT state budget, American retailer Backcountry had to apologise for a tasteless email and other media news.
Donald Trump’s pimpin’ new role in wingnut history
Donald Trump’s pitch for the Republican US presidential nomination has been compared to recent media sideshows like Charlie Sheen and Rebecca Black. The better comparison is California’s 2003 recall election that became worldwide entertainment.
Crikey Says: Check the quality of the paper…
Here it is: the birth certificate the world (or at least Donald Trump and the wingnut birther movement) has been waiting for…
Donald Trump is the new Black
In the wake of the White House’s decision to release Obama’s birth certificate, Donald Trump’s “buzz” on Twitter has surged to the levels of Charlie Sheen and Rebecca Black, writes Simon Dumenco.
Video of the Day: Coming up Trumps on Fox
Republican president wannabe Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News host — and strong Republican — Jeanine Pirro over the weekend, where Trump discussed his possible presidential run and answered questions including “With respect to money, do you think President Obama is looking to redistribute the wealth in this country?”. Stay tuned for the finale of […]
Why the American public like Donald Trump
American politicians have been caught off guard by Donald Trump, whose dramatic rise in the polls has surprised everybody but himself. Why is he so popular? Matt Latimer takes some punts.
Trump for president?
Donald Trump is sounding more and more like a presidential candidate, with talk of the country being at a new low and needing to deal more with China. Is he planning a 2012 run?
Trumping offers for Ground Zero mosque
Investor Donald Trump put in an offer on the land where the controversial New York mosque is supposed to be built, “not because I think the location is a spectacular one (because it is not), but because it will end a very serious, inflammatory, and highly divisive issue.”
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Roll up, roll up for the vagabond Gaddafi circus
It’s the UN Summit in NYC, but Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is still roaming without a place to pitch his tent. He didn’t help his cause when he used his UN speech to compare the UN Security Council with Al Qaeda, right after he tore up the UN charter…
Miss Universe’s celebration of Camp transcends irony
Somehow, the Miss Universe pageant has survived an ironic age. And a post-ironic one, too.
How Trump puts a value on his worth
Exactly how much is Donald Trump worth? In a deposition from a 2007 court case, the Donald disclosed how he calculates on his own wealth: “it goes up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings”.
Could Trump’s house of cards collapse?
Donald Trump, already the target of debates over his actual wealth, could be the next high-profile victim of the global financial crisis writes Glenn Dyer and Andrew Crook.
