Donald Trump Tells ‘Fox & Friends’ He’s Mulling Run For NY Gov Post

Donald Trump Tells ‘Fox & Friends’ He’s Mulling Run For NY Gov Post

NBC Celebrity Apprentice star Donald Trump, America’s greatest living political tease, appeared on FNC’s Fox & Friends this morning to say, “I’ll make a decision at some time pretty soon” in re whether he will run for governor of New York. That news comes a couple weeks after a group of GOP politicos met with Trump to discuss the possibility of his taking on Gov. Cuomo next year. In press reports before the meeting, Trump’s EVP Michael Cohen had said Trump had already stated on several occasions that he’s not interested in running for governor of New York. A fter the meeting, Cohen told Daily News “We had a very interesting meeting and Mr. Trump has agreed to meet with them again at a later date.”

For years now Trump has been savvily mulling a race for governor or POTUS, generating pots of publicity for his various businesses, including the business of co-owning/starring in Celebrity Apprentice and Miss Universe Pageant â€" both on NBC.   “I will not be running for president — See you for a great season!” Trump famously announced in May of 2011, turning NBC’s unveiling of its new primetime schedule into a political news conference, and demoting NBC’s pitch to advertisers about new dramas The Playboy Club, Prime Suspect and Grimm, and comedies Up All Night, Free Agents and Whitney to BTW status in media coverage of the presentation.

“I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and, ultimately, the general election,” Trump had said in a statement released  simultaneous to his announcement at NBC’s programming presentation. “I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half-heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector.”

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