DONALD TRUMP EYES THE WITE HOUSE.Byline: Glen Johnson Glen Johnson may refer to:
Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. From Trump Tower Trump Tower Trump Tower is the name used for several skyscrapers owned and operated by real estate magnate Donald Trump. Each of these skyscrapers is predominantly composed of residential condominiums and found in major cities. to the White House? Real estate tycoon Donald Trump  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. announced Thursday that he was forming an exploratory committee to help him determine if he could win a presidential race as a Reform Party candidate. He said his first choice for vice president would be Oprah Winfrey. ``The only thing that could interest me is if I could win. I'm not talking about the nomination; I'm talking about the whole megillah,'' he said in a telephone interview from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , where he plans to build the world's tallest residential building and where he lives in a penthouse in the Fifth Avenue tower that bears his name. Trump planned a dinner Thursday night with Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, the Reform Party's leading elected official. Ventura, a former wrestler who won the governor's office in a 1998 upset, is trying to find a candidate he can back in what is shaping up to be a fractious frac·tious adj. 1. Inclined to make trouble; unruly. 2. Having a peevish nature; cranky. [From fraction, discord (obsolete). nomination fight. ``Do I like him for the Reform Party?'' Ventura said, when asked about Trump's announcement. ``It depends if he likes the Reform Party.'' Ventura said he was not ready to make an endorsement in the 2000 presidential race. Trump, a billionaire, said that unlike traditional exploratory committees, his would not raise money. Instead, it will provide political advice. Trump refused to identify his advisers but said he will decide whether to pursue a race in several months. During an interview taped for broadcast on CNN's ``Larry King Live Larry King Live is a nightly CNN interview program hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King. The show premiered in 1985, and is CNN's most watched program, with over one million viewers nightly. ,'' Trump said Winfrey, the talk-show host, would be his first choice for running mate, although he has not talked with her about it. ``If she'd do it, she'd be fantastic,'' Trump said. ``I mean, she's popular, she's brilliant, she's a wonderful woman.'' Trump's announcement gives a fresh stir to an already topsy-turvy presidential race. Pat Buchanan, questioning Republican front-runner George W. Bush's commitment to conservative ideals, is widely expected to bolt from the GOP late this month to seek the Reform nomination. His campaign workers refused to comment on Trump's announcement. Buchanan is backed by a wing of the Reform Party with ties to party founder Ross Perot, who ran under the Reform banner in 1996 and has not ruled out another campaign. Meanwhile, former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker is considering running for the nomination of the American Reform Party The American Reform Party is a minor political party in the United States that was formed in a factional split from the larger Reform Party of the United States in October 1997. , a splinter group. Ventura himself could launch a campaign despite earlier denials, and there has been talk of a candidacy by actress Cybill Shepherd. The party's nominee will get $12.6 million in federal campaign funds. A CNN-Time poll taken in July suggested Trump would be a long shot for the presidency. He had 7 percent when matched against Bush and Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic front-runner. Trump cited a different poll. ``The National Enquirer En`quir´er n. 1. See Inquirer. Noun 1. enquirer - someone who asks a question asker, inquirer, querier, questioner . . . did a poll and said I'd win the election,'' he said in an interview on NBC's ``Today.'' The tabloid surveyed 100 people. Trump, 53, is a registered Republican who until now has shunned politics except for contributing handsomely to candidates. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Trump |
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