>>1901910
Yes.
But
Which start?
Started planning?
Starting the execution of the plan?
1999/2000 was the first time Trump at least somewhat tried to go for president, right?
So maybe the execution of the original plan?
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/256159-a-look-back-at-trumps-first-run
>"In the end, Trump quit the race because he concluded that the Reform Party was self-destructing and could not provide the "support a candidate needs to win." (This was his quote in a press release and later on TV).
>He also said that since Ventura, his ally, had left the party, the Reform Party was being taken over by Buchanan.
>
>He also said, in regards to running again, that "in a number of years, I might consider it" — so we were warned!
http://www.tvguide.com/news/donald-trump-presidential-campaign-timeline/
2008 isn't mentioned there, but here on fox:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/01/03/trump-no-governor-but-maybe-presiden-53392630.html
>Trump, in a phone call to The Post from his oceanside Palm Beach estate, Mar-a-Lago, declared, "I'm not going to run for governor because I'm having too much fun doing what I'm doing now.
>But a political figure close to Trump told The Post, "Donald is definitely interested in running for president in 2008, possibly as an independent candidate."
a political figure, great. Names, names!
>Trump also said there's a chance he could support Democrat Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for governor, saying, "He's done an amazing job."