Donald Trump says he's the Democrats' 'worst nightmare'
Donald Trump's future was one of the more interesting topics on "Meet The Press" Sunday when a White House adviser said that the billionaire didn't have a shot at being the next president of the United States.
"There is zero chance that Donald Trump would ever be hired by the American people to do this job," White House senior advisor David Plouffe said on the NBC morning show, alluding to Trump's hit program "The Apprentice."
It was also an echo of a brash statement Trump delivered earlier this year regarding Texas congressman Ron Paul's chances.
"I like Ron Paul, but he has no chance of getting elected," Trump said at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February.
Trump took to the airwaves Monday morning to fight back at the White House.
"Obviously, I hit a nerve because they're fighting me," the 63-year-old real estate magnate said Monday on "Fox and Friends."
"I can tell you I'm their worst nightmare," Trump pronounced. "I am not the person they want to run against. They know it, and I know it. I know it for a fact because I have a lot of people that frankly are contributors to him and they tell me, 'Donald, you are not the person they want to run against.' "
Trump has been demanding that President Obama release a different type of birth certificate than the one the state of Hawaii has released. Trump even produced two of his own birth documents to prove how easy it is to attain.
Recently Trump has said that he has sent investigators to Hawaii to dig into the matter more thoroughly.
"They cannot believe what they’re finding," Trump said last week on the "Today" show. "And I’m serious."
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Top photo: Donald Trump arrives at the "Dressed to Kilt" charity fashion show in New York on April 5. Credit: Reuters / Lucas Jackson
Second photo: David Plouffe, White House senior advisor, is interviewed Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Credit: William B. Plowman / NBC/ Associated Press
The american people would not vote for Trump!!! Are you kidding me?? They voted for the clown we have now. Why wouldn't they vote for someone that knows how to take care of his country instead of being a little man child and always wanting his way. I'll vote for you Trump.. Anybody other that what we have now! At least I know Trump is legal! He won't tromp on our constitution and bow to the other countries that hate us. Way to go Trump, keep it up
Posted by: releggneh | April 11, 2011 at 01:24 PM
He's our worst nightmare in that if elected he'll do to this country what he's done to his businesses, bankrupt it. Let's face it, Donald Trump is quite frankly, inept. I don't know any other business leader who is hailed as such a success that has bankrupted that many of his businesses, one of which filed for Chapter 11 protection as recently as February 2009.
He's our worst nightmare in that America just may be stupid enough to vote for him and in that Donald Trump believes that he is a business genius. Make no mistake about it, the great esteem for him that many feel is misplaced... At the end of the day, he's only as successful as he is because of who his father was, and even then he's been driving his companies bankrupt since the 80s, and clearly hasn't learned his lesson.
Donald Trump is everyone who cares about this country's worst nightmare. I don't care who you are, the record speaks for itself. Vote for Huckabee, vote for Romney (I'm not even a republican), just don't vote for Trump. I'd feel a lot better if one of those guys beat Obama (and I hope Obama wins) than if Trump did.
Posted by: Harlan Sanders | April 11, 2011 at 01:31 PM
Donald Trump , crazier than Michelle Bachmann
Posted by: suz | April 11, 2011 at 01:31 PM
Not a huge fan of Trump but I do agree with him on 9/11 truth. There is a ton of evidence that they buildings were demolitioned.
Posted by: jayr. | April 11, 2011 at 01:32 PM
I think he means it!
Posted by: BB_Jones | April 11, 2011 at 01:32 PM
My worst nightmare if Donald "My flag pole is bigger" Trump ran for office would be if that muskrat on his head started talking...
Now that's scary!
Posted by: Mike | April 11, 2011 at 01:32 PM
Not a fan of his show but you gotta' give it to him on this one. If they (Plouffe et al) did NOT care about him they would not say anything.
Will be interesting to see how much traction Trump can get, his fiscal ideas are certainly right on the money.
Posted by: Ignatius | April 11, 2011 at 01:33 PM
That mass of nightmare hair ball can never be taken seriously. He's let his money go to his hair, uh... I mean brain.
Posted by: TaxTheChurchesNow | April 11, 2011 at 01:34 PM
Somehow we survived all the idiotic comments from Sarah Palin last year so I guess we will just have to steel ourselves to read the reported comments of Donald Trump who until recently shows signs of having a brain. The dumber they get the more media coverage they get.
Posted by: Veronica Lubeck | April 11, 2011 at 01:35 PM
The U.S. doesn't need an arrogant land baron as a president
Posted by: MissU | April 11, 2011 at 01:39 PM
Make that America's worst nightmare. Ever heard of the Peter Principle, Mr. Trump? Based on your business track record (yes, there are bankruptcies) and your boundless ego that is out of synch with your abilities and accomplishments, Trump is the poster child for the Peter Principle. Why does the media keep giving this fool airtime?
Posted by: Vince | April 11, 2011 at 01:39 PM
The Donald is correct--he's a nightmare!!
Posted by: Jerry | April 11, 2011 at 01:42 PM
He's everyone's worst nightmare.....
Posted by: sdarchi | April 11, 2011 at 01:43 PM
Let's make Trump prove that's his real hair. I want to see the long form certified by his barber. Ah, who am I kidding? I won't believe it no matter how much evidence he compiles.
Posted by: Doug | April 11, 2011 at 01:44 PM
I can see it now..Trump/Palin. The GOP is doomed.
Posted by: kevin smith | April 11, 2011 at 01:45 PM
Donald Trump isn't even that good of a businessmen, let alone a chance at such a high political career. The reason they are worried he's running? They have lost faith in actual opponents stepping up to the plate.
Posted by: Kyle | April 11, 2011 at 01:46 PM
Is that a wig or a dead squirrels tail?
Posted by: French Official | April 11, 2011 at 01:48 PM
Donald, Do you really want to be our(democrats) worst nightmare ...is that what polotics are really all about...huummm, I thought our government was set up by the people, for the people and last I looked republicans and democrats are still americans. I am white middle class male trying to raise a family and am sad to say that our government no longer cares about the people...they care about their own corporate monies....our politicans are so far up corporate amercia's A__ __ that it would take years to find them all. I think it is time for a change and it isn't about repulican or democrate it is about class....we need everyday ordicnary people running our country. If I ran my business like amercia runs govenment I would be in jail.....It is time for the middle class to speak as a people...right , left, black, white, gay, straight...lets band together to be heard. I am out for now.
Posted by: john bennett | April 11, 2011 at 01:48 PM
voting for Trumph is no more off the wall that voting for "Hope and Change".....look where that got us.
Posted by: Rider | April 11, 2011 at 01:49 PM
He seems more like a P.T. Barnum kind-of-guy. We are suckers if we believe his rant.
Posted by: Bill MacKay | April 11, 2011 at 01:50 PM
Its funny that Barry's talking head would make a comment about trump not having a chance at getting elected to run the country.
The same was said bout Barry Sotero but yet, he is in the white house now.
Destroying this country mighty well, but he is still in the white house.
Posted by: Nathan | April 11, 2011 at 01:50 PM
One reason to Vote for Trump. OBAMA your FIRED!!!!!
Posted by: Cpeal | April 11, 2011 at 01:51 PM
Well, as a Democrat, I would like to highly encourage Donny to spend as much money as he can, en route to performing a Whitman.
And in the mean time, I'd like to know why the Don is blaming God for the recession.
Posted by: gerrrg | April 11, 2011 at 01:51 PM
Trump is being far too modest! He's everybody's worst nightmare. As for business acumen, he's a serial bankruptcy filer. That's not what this country needs, is it?
Posted by: Jim Rogers | April 11, 2011 at 01:53 PM
I beginning to suspect Mr. Trump is trolling everybody. He knows he has almost no chance of winning given the track record of previous failed billionaires. Why would he suddenly bring up a ridiculous argument such as the Obama's birth certificate when it's been 3 years since Obama's elected? So what could his motives possibly be? I think in the end if Trump actually does run, he would split the Republican vote and give Obama the victory. The next election is going to be close and Obama needs all the help he can get.
Posted by: Who Dat | April 11, 2011 at 01:55 PM
Sure Donald. It's democrats who find a morally objectionable douche forcing his own revised history down everyone's throat so ill appealing. Isn't there another 3rd world hooker you're looking to marry? Malania's getting a bit long in the tooth.
Posted by: MarkD | April 11, 2011 at 01:56 PM
The SCAM artist Barack Hussien has mant aliases , many SS # and is ILLEGAL, where the HELL is our Congress???????
Posted by: Henry | April 11, 2011 at 01:57 PM
Don't sensor my comments???
Posted by: Henry | April 11, 2011 at 01:58 PM
Don't know if the media covering this clown is worse than the clown himself. I won't be distracted again from what is worth reading.
Posted by: Robert Cope | April 11, 2011 at 01:59 PM
Trump is a joke. He knows he's a joke. He is NOT going to run for president. We've seen this scenario before from Trump. He wouldn't want anyone to look into his books and even if he did, he's a blowhard who doesn't have a clue about running the government. His birtherism sunk him even lower. The ones who don't want to run against him is the republican party...they know the birtherism is a WMD, a weapon of mass distraction. If you guys think that Trump is going to run much less win, you're bigger fools than he is.
Posted by: Dakota | April 11, 2011 at 02:00 PM
Right, Donald. And what about that airhead third wife of yours? Do you honestly think Americans want a foreign-born airhead for a First Lady? NOT! Sorry, Donald. You forgot about the Wife Factor, and in that department you DON'T have what it takes to be president, dude.
As I recall, you were sleeping around with Wife # 2 while still married to Wife #1. And you think you have integrity? You have so much dirt swept under your RUG (PUN INTENDED) that your chances of being elected president are slim to none, and Slim left town....
Posted by: mavisdarling | April 11, 2011 at 02:00 PM
Trump is the world's worst enemy.
Posted by: Don | April 11, 2011 at 02:04 PM
Trump the demos' worst nightmare? let's see, cranky skinflint, pushy New Yorker, cycles his companies through bankruptcy periodically so he doesn't pay his debts. oh, yes, absolutely. oooohhhh, he's verrRRRRRyyyy scarrRRRRRyyy, oooh. we'd be absolutely despondent facing a Trump/Bachmann ticket. yes. really. a goon and a buffoon. the republicans can't pass that up. (snicker)
Posted by: swschrad | April 11, 2011 at 02:06 PM
The amazing thing about this raccoon is the fact that he is trying to drum up his brand at the expense of others, from his party, and succeeding. At the same time the media is eating it up, because it is also profiting big from this. Trump is all about himself, he could give a rats a*s about his fellow Americans.
Posted by: technocrat | April 11, 2011 at 02:07 PM
Forget the Democrats... he's MANKIND'S worst nightmare!
Posted by: Dalbert | April 11, 2011 at 02:07 PM
Yes, "The Donald" can get elected. After all, we elected numbskulls like Richard Nixon, Ronnie Reagan and Baby Bush. What were we thinking? The sum of their IQs isn't much greater than a fashion model's weight in pounds.
"The Donald is certainly as stupid as any of the aforementioned right wing reprobates and he is further qualified under the Texas "dumb as a box of rocks" loophole. Heck, the loophole got Baby Bush elected.
Posted by: Trock Dawletter | April 11, 2011 at 02:09 PM
Donald Trump is his own worst nightmare, spare me the rhetoric, he is a narcissistic blow hard who has lost more money than he has made in his life! He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and he has no connection at all to the working people! Idiot!
Posted by: JP | April 11, 2011 at 02:10 PM
Why is no reporter asking Trump exactly what his investigators have found in Hawaii which they can't believe? He's repeated that about a dozen times over the past week and I've seen no follow up.
Could it be that he hasn't sent investigators or they quickly ran up against the wall of confidentiality and privacy of medical records that protects us all?
Or that no hospital retains fifty year old bill records?
Posted by: Anonoymous1952 | April 11, 2011 at 02:12 PM
Relleggneh, in your reality Obama has never compromised or caved to the right-wing noise machine... ? That's hilarious. If only it were so.
Ignatius, you're "Not a fan of his show but you gotta' give it to him on this one. If they (Plouffe et al) did NOT care about him they would not say anything."
Please. If Plouffe mentioned Trump on an 'NBC morning show' it was likely because he was *asked* about him. Though I suppose a stifled laugh followed by 'no comment' would have worked equally well as a reply.
And as for Trump's grandiose 'worst nightmare' nonsense, in fact the Democrats would be delighted if a buffoon like him threw his hat into the GOP race. Like Palin, he'll just suck votes from more serious GOP candidates (admittedly a hypothetical category)
Posted by: Steven Sullivan | April 11, 2011 at 02:12 PM
What a dork!
Posted by: Jonathan Nash | April 11, 2011 at 02:12 PM
Donald Trump running for President of the United States is a joke! He's got the birther/tea crowd screaming for him but the sane voters won't go near this clown.
Posted by: enazster | April 11, 2011 at 02:13 PM
Please do run. We need more billionairs wasting millions. But wait.... he'll probably just incorporate his campaign which, of course, will declare bankrupcy even if he wins.
Posted by: Just Fishing | April 11, 2011 at 02:14 PM
Let's assume Obama was born in Hawaii. He is still not eligible because his father was never a US Citizen and as such Obama had dual allegiance at birth which even Obama admits. Congressman John Bingham said several times in the late 1800's on the house floor what constitutes a Natural Born Citizen. He said, child born OF PARENTS whom owe NO ALLEGIANCE to another country. Obama does not meet this qualification that is only required by Vice Prez and Prez.
Also, more information is coming out about how Obama used until recently a social security number from a guy who was born in 1890 from connecticut. First off, everyone knows they don't recyle social security numbers. Secondly, Obama never lived in Connecticut and ss#'s are only issued in the state that you reside. He was in Hawaii when his re-used ss# from 1890 was supposedly issued.
That is serious stuff. It is time Obama is investigated by the senate, house, fbi, cia, etc. He has nothing to worry about if everything is legit. We can't have these questions open about him as it breaks the chain of command in our military and puts us at huge risk. We need to know who this guy is.
Posted by: julie | April 11, 2011 at 02:15 PM
"They cannot believe what they’re finding," Trump said last week on the "Today" show. "And I’m serious."
You mean, they aren't finding anything to report? That's my bet.
Posted by: General Shareman | April 11, 2011 at 02:15 PM
Trump underestimates. He's not just the Democrats' worst nightmare. He's the entire nation's worst nightmare.
Posted by: Jim Beaver | April 11, 2011 at 02:16 PM
I will vote for Trump, all the others ran and lost before , and Obama has to go , so I believe TRUMP has our countrys best interest in heart and will do right by the constitution .
Posted by: carol | April 11, 2011 at 02:17 PM
All of Trump's businesses are leveraged up the whazzoo!!!He survives by paying only the interest on those debts each quarter. If those debts were called in, he would go under. Does the tea party really want this this guy to be their President? Trump has no interest in serving this country. He is only interested in serving himself. Show me one thing he has done for this country that didn't involve some self-serving scheme.
Posted by: Daniel Oates | April 11, 2011 at 02:19 PM
you idiots in california dont know anything about anything, which is why you voted for obama. Becuase if you knew anything or even cared about your country you wouldnt have voted for him, all you tree huggers who are more worried about another country that has no effect on our country not liking us then our own economy your a joke. Welcome to california i mean mexico number 2, the fact your ok with bankrupting your state to fund illegals and the 9 kids every illegal family has just shows what you think is important.
Posted by: wm | April 11, 2011 at 02:23 PM
Actually, he's the GOP's worst nightmare.
Posted by: haybarn | April 11, 2011 at 02:25 PM
Trump's claim that the White House is worried because it is "fighting" him now, which is based upon David Plouffe's response to a question on "Meet the Press" is about as true as anything else Trump says, which is to say, not at all. Plouffe's comment was a joking and dismissive pun on Trump's own hiring and firing folks on his TV show. It was not worried or serious in the slightest.
Trump is the master of many failures and this Presidency campaign will be just another. Remember when his real estate empire went bankrupt? Does anyone remember "Trump University," which the State of New York first threatened to shut down for being misnamed, and which then failed completely? It doesn't even have a website any longer.
Plouffe's dismissive comment aside, if Trump does get nominated by the Republicans, it will definitely be bad for the Circus business because we'll all be able to see a clown on TV every night.
Posted by: Cypress1 | April 11, 2011 at 02:25 PM