New Hampshire = first presidential primary in the country and usually the launching pad for any candidate.
Read more: http://thepage.time.com/2010/10/04/sounding-like-a-candidate/#ixzz11Qz3Swkd
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When questioned, Trump said he was not responsible for it; but that now would be a great time for him to consider running.
Cue the record scratch. Why does this matter to you?
Hint: it's not necessarily because he's an ideal candidate...
It's because a man with a megaphone the size of his can stir the national pot by saying what everyone is already thinking, but won't say directly. He can take the national debate from what it's stuck on - "the economy stinks" - to someplace even bigger; in this case, that America is losing its greatness.
"I have never had any interest [in running for office] before. If I ever did, this would be the time. That's not to say I have interest, but if I ever did, this would be the time, because we've never had a country that's sunk and that's gone to levels as low as it is right now."
On the state of the country:
"We're getting that inferiority complex which we've never had."
"I'm very upset about what is happening. I've expressed that to various journalists and I guess that's probably what happened -- somebody wanted to see how my views, which are very strong on China ripping us off, which are very strong on OPEC and the illegal monopoly that it should be called... and I'm very opposed to various other things. And I state that opposition and I state it I think clearly and sometimes bluntly. I guess people like that and it resonates.
On his qualifications:
"I think I'm qualified because I deal with countries that are taking us to lunch in a negative sense. I deal with Chinese. I know the Chinese. I understand the Chinese. They laugh at our stupidity. That laugh at how stupid our leaders are."
Read more: http://thepage.time.com/2010/10/04/sounding-like-a-candidate/#ixzz11Qz3Swkd
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