The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Trump throws hat into US presidential ring
US real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump will seek the Republican nomination for president.
Becoming the 12th high-profile Republican to enter the 2016 race, with more to come in the weeks ahead, Trump made the announcement at the Manhattan tower that bears his name.
He gave a rambling speech that wandered from foreign policy to President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul to his own achievements in business.
In his well-known bombastic style, he mixed boasts about his wealth with promises to defeat effortlessly the Islamic State group and negotiate trade deals with China.
“Sadly, the American dream is dead,” Trump said. “But if I get elected president, I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before, and we will make America great again.”
Trump has teased presidential runs before but has always backed out.
In preparation for next year’s campaign, Trump decided not to renew his contract with NBC for his reality show The Apprentice.
He would not be allowed to appear on the network and run for president at the same time.
He is now required to release a personal financial disclosure that would reveal intimate details about his personal finances, namely his net worth, sources of income, liabilities and assets, as well as the same information for his wife and dependent children.
Trump said yesterday that he is ready todo so, pegging hisnetworth at roughly $9 billion.