Originally Posted by motordavid

I would be very surprised if Trump runs: he is a control nut, dislikes most reporters, guards his life and biz very closely, and would not want the 5,000 watt spotlight on his life and biz and finances, imo.

He has publicly dipped his toe on 'running' for a couple decades; he either wants/needs some more press for his next project, or he just wants to stir stuff up.

I'd give it 50-1 that he goes very far with the real process, due to his privacy OCD,
and his current very thin list of 'stuff to fix/stuff to do/and how he'd do it'.