Celebrity Presidential Apprentice

by JASmius



And look!  He's already found the perfect running mate!  Vincent Kennedy McMahon!

Sorry, folks but if you think I'm going to treat this story within parsecs of a serious analytical manner, you're running low on exclamation points (!):

NH1 News confirmed Thursday that the real estate mogul and reality TV star will make an announcement on June 16th at Trump Tower in New York City. The very next day, Trump plans to return to New Hampshire, home to the first primary in the race for the White House.

A source close to Trump confirmed the June 16th and 17th dates and termed the announcement as “major” but did not confirm outright that Trump would actually announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination…

While Trump’s flirted with presidential bids before, most recently four years ago, this time he’s taking concrete steps towards launching a GOP campaign: hiring staff in New Hampshire and the other early voting states, opening an office in Manchester, and setting up a presidential exploratory committee. And last week he showcased a seventeen-member New Hampshire leadership team.

Allahpundit thinks Trump is bluffing (again).  To which my reply is, "My God, I hope you're right," followed by, "Never underestimate the ego of Donald Trump".  Would he have a snowball's chance between Jessica Alba's inner thighs?  Of course not.  Would his ego allow him to make that clear-headed, realistic assessment?  Probably not.  But you can't rule out sheer glory-hogging as a prime motivation.  Why else did he start doing Celebrity Apprentice?  It's not like Donald Trump wasn't already famous before that inexplicably popular "reality" program.  Running for president would put his face on global television 24/7 for most of the next year.  How could an egomaniac like him pass that up?

The irony?  Precisely because of his fame, one of the richest men on the planet wouldn't have to spend all that much cash publicizing his candidacy.  The caveat?  He'd have to make full financial disclosures, which I'm guessing wouldn't be particularly to his personal liking.  The outrage?  Sheer name recognition would get Trump on the GOP debate stages, which means Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Chris Christie, or John Kasich - i.e. a two-term governor of a significant State vastly more qualified than The Hair will ever be - would get bumped.

What would a Trump candidacy smashingly illustrate?  That the 2016 Republican nomination race has already become a "reality" TV show.

See why I can't take it seriously?