TRUMP: OPRAH WILL NEVER BEAT ME
But there is little indication that the talkshow queen actually wants the job
UNITED States President Donald Trump weighed in on Tuesday on fevered speculation about a potential 2020 White House bid by Oprah Winfrey, saying she probably would not run against him, but if she did, he would win.
“I’ll beat Oprah,” Trump said of the Oscar-nominated actress and talkshow host.
“I like Oprah,” he said, noting that he had appeared on her long-running afternoon programme.
“I know her very well,” he said, before adding: “I don’t think she’s going to run.”
Winfrey’s rousing speech at Sunday’s Golden Globes Awards ceremony ignited speculation that the billionaire talkshow queen is harbouring Oval Office ambitions.
Some Democrats, still reeling from Hillary Clinton’s shock loss to Trump in 2016, have embraced the idea of having their own celebrity candidate.
But there is little indication that the 63-year-old actually wants the job. White House spokesman Sarah Huck Asked abee Sanders was also drawn into the speculation about a Winfrey candidacy. whether she had any advice for an “outsider” considering a White House run, Sanders said: “I’m not going to focus on anyone’s campaign other than President Trump’s re-election.”
“I’m sure if she decides to run, which I think the president states he doesn’t feel she will, I’m sure she’ll have help with that,” Sanders added.
Sanders was also asked whether she believed Winfrey was qualified to run.
“Look, I disagree very much on her policies,” the spokesman said.
“But that would be something she would have to determine and lay out if she made a decision to run.”