Exclusive: Trump threatens third-party run

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

NEW YORK — Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will “absolutely” increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season.

“The RNC has not been supportive. They were always supportive when I was a contributor. I was their fair-haired boy,” the business mogul told The Hill in a 40-minute interview from his Manhattan office at Trump Tower on Wednesday. “The RNC has been, I think, very foolish.”

Pressed on whether he would run as a third-party candidate if he fails to clinch the GOP nomination, Trump said that “so many people want me to, if I don’t win.”

“I’ll have to see how I’m being treated by the Republicans,” Trump said. “Absolutely, if they’re not fair, that would be a factor.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/248910-exclusive-trump-threatens-third-party-run

[liberal N proud]

1. Run Donald, Run!

It would be the best gift to the Democrats since Word Salad Sarah was given to the American public.

[spinbaby]

5. Not yet!

First I want to see his performance in the Republican debates, THEN he can run as a third-party candidate.

This is going to require a lot of popcorn.

[marble falls]

2. Puhleeeeeze let tRump go third party! Please, please, please!

[awoke_in_2003]

45. He would split the puke vote for sure. nt

[Recursion]

3. No. It's impossible. We have not been that good.

There is no way.

God, I would love a Trump 3rd-party run.

[harun]

25. My thoughts exactly, lol.

[sarge43]

4. Please proceed, pleeeeeeese. n/t

[Herman4747]

6. YES!!! The most curious part of this is that Trump believes...

" that every single vote that Ross Perot got in 1992 came from Bush I !"

[former9thward]

48. Not every single vote.

But enough of them in key states the Rs had previously won that Bush lost the electoral votes in those states and thus the election.

[Herman4747]

50. I am just quoting Trump, not indicating my own position.

"I think every single vote that went to Ross Perot came from Bush," Trump recently told the Washington Examiner.

[Hoppy]

7. Jesus, if you give this to me, I won't take your name in vain, no more.

[groundloop]

8. Obviously not gonna' happen, just a desperate plea for attention

(But we can still wish).

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. I said earlier ...

Trump is extorting the gop ... he is just waiting for them to approach him with an offer to get out of the race. I suspect his menu reads:

Tone Down the Rhetoric ................................................ $10,000,000

Exit the race (before the first primary) ..............................$50,000,000

Exit the race (before the Super Tuesday) ...........................$100,000,000

Exit the race (and NOT run a 3rd party run) .......................$250,000,000

Exit the race (with an endorsement of gop Nominee) ............Market Price

(Each of the listed rates do not preclude book rights, should the patron wish to add this item, please add a $10,000,000 add-on fee)

But as with all got extortionists, if the gop approaches him, he'll set the hook deeper, by threatening to go public with the offer ... and the rates will increase by a factor of 10, across the board.

[Chemisse]

13. I would not be surprised by this - not at all.

He is one strange dude - but he knows how to make money.

[joshcryer]

17. I think it's gone to his head.

Since the field is full of other crazy people he feels like he should have a good a shot as any.

[PeteSelman]

34. He does.

He's winning right now. I don't see the lunatic right abandoning him.

[bucolic_frolic]

31. Interesting take on events

I'm sure a billionaire at the hub of NY political circles knows
a lot of information about many people

He sure is inconsistent with the fundamentalist wing of the party

He's more NY Tea Party businessman

He's certainly portraying the party as full of incompetents

[phylny]

10. Oh Donald, do this and I'll send money to your campaign! n/t

[Cryptoad]

11. Trump is,,,,

the GOP taken to its logical conclusion!

[Dustlawyer]

22. Bingo! I would add that it's the GOP AND Fox, plus RW radio's logical conclusion!

He is the aborted offspring of the propaganda that has been fed to the masses to ultimately benefit the corporate hegemony.

[bravenak]

12. Love it.

[tanyev]

14. Heh.

[Lil Missy]

15. Oh please, make it happen. Let him be the nominee for the general. Please!

[Skraxx]

16. Greatest Political Spectacle Ever!

joy!

[aintitfunny]

18. I'm ok with that

[Nay]

20. OMG, this is fuckin' perfect. Somebody needs to shake the Pubs up, and

it's another Pub!

[ananda]

21. Do it Unca Donald, do it!

..

[Gothmog]

23. Trump is only looking out for Trump and this threat may really help the Domocrats

[harun]

27. GOP candidates want to force him out of the debates. This is his *ahem* trump card to keep them

from doing that.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

24. Trump being a third party candidate would be a wet dream for the Democrats

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was disappointed by the William Taft presidency, and so went for the Republican presidential nomination. The party establishment never liked TR, so they blocked him and nominated Taft for re-election. So Roosevelt ran as a third party candidate. What he managed to do was split the Republican vote, and thus the Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected.

As an independent candidate, Trump would almost certainly draw off enough of the Republican nut-case vote to ensure the election of whoever the Democrats pick.

[bucolic_frolic]

26. The RNC's Problem

is that you can't pay a billionaire to go away.

[Helen Borg]

28. Run Trumpy!

[Chasstev365]

29. And I Thought Ralph Nader Had an Ego!

As for a Trump 3rd party run, in the words of Willy Wonka, "No.... Don't ..... Stop...." PS Pick Palin as your running mate!

[City Lights]

30. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed!

[dembotoz]

32. He likes to blather on about stuff, not credible till he does it

[Myrina]

33. ... he wakes up every morning looking for reasons to feel like he's not being treated fairly ...

.... so this ought to happen rather soon.

[cindyperry]

35. this

just cannot get any better run bigot run

[Fritz Walter]

36. Pinch me!

Tell me I'm not dreaming this!



No only does he refer to himself as "their fair-haired boy"...


But also tries to bully his way with the GOTP.

[L. Coyote]

37. Who said it: Donald Trump or Frank Reynolds?

https://medium.com/@jhermann/who-said-it-donald-trump-or-frank-from-it-s-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-b150d02cc0f8

“There’s nothing more threatening to a man than a woman who’s smart and attractive.”

“All the women flirted with me — consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected.”

............

[trof]

38. And THIS political party is just MADE for him:

Official Monster Raving Loony Party

"Political position: Sitting, facing forward."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Monster_Raving_Loony_Party

[FSogol]

39. Everyone should encourage Trumpy to not let the GOP push him around!

Create the Trump Party! It'll be HUGE!

[d_legendary1]

41. Where do I sign up?

We should hand out Trump wigs just for signing up!

[LynneSin]

40. Don't threaten me with a good time!!

[olddad56]

42. he won't take enough votes away from Bush to matter.

He is just a shill.

[JudyM]

43. With the way the electorate has been split lately it won't take much. Nt

[Hekate]

44. I want the popcorn concession if that happens.

[Alhena]

46. It appears that Secret Agent Trump is perfoming his assigned tasks

[DonCoquixote]

47. oh hell yes

GOP, I will be sending Trump money as my personal thank you for getting GOP members to support nader in 2000. Payback!

[freshwest]

49. I see a problem. If he waits for the RNC, he may not have time to register in all states.

His money can't change the time restraints on filing. Unless he runs as a write-in. Never heard of anyone winning the residency that way. You are knowledgable about elections, so what do you think?

TIA.