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Gotta Watch: Donald Trump
Several polls have Donald Trump as a top condender for the GOP race to the White House.
April 21st, 2011
12:13 PM ET

Gotta Watch: Donald Trump

As MSNBC has said, Donald Trump is to politics what Charlie Sheen is to entertainment. You want to watch him just to see what he says next. He keeps questioning President Obama's birthplace, but he gets annoyed when anyone presses him on his "birther" theory. Trump has been a media magnet for years, and now he's dangling the prospect of a potential presidential run. In today's Gotta Watch, we take a look at some of Trump's greatest hits.

'Birther' controversy – Trump says his strengths as a potential candidate like in his stance on "jobs, the economy, and protecting our nation from OPEC, China and all these other countries that are ripping us off." And yet, he complains that, every time he's on TV, he's asked about the theory that President Obama wasn't born in the U.S. Check out this feisty exchange between Trump and CNN's Ali Velshi and Kyran Chetry.

What's in a Trump name? – From "stupid" to "blatherside," so many in the media have their own way to describe Donald Trump. CNN's Jeanne Moos takes a look.

Donald Trump said what?? - Sometimes it seems as though Trump says anything that comes to his mind. And it's not always nice. As he eyes a possible presidential run, CNN.com dug up some of the more zany things the mogul has said over the years.

Gloria Borger: Is Donald Trump bankrupting the GOP?

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  1. MJ

    You realize that a Presidential candidate is vetted before they are able to run for office right? Do you know what vetted means?

    April 21, 2011 at 6:15 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  2. fofo

    Donald is Sarah Palin of 2012.

    April 21, 2011 at 6:19 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  3. Chuck

    He has declared Bankrupcy, and he asked the court if he could keep his name, and the Judge approved. Since then he is just making ends meet, but keeps an up beat front. He is just out to get a pension for his old age, and after George Bush, he says I can not do any worse than George?
    I think there are far better candidates than this guy.

    All his talk of US spending 1.5 Trillion Dollars on the Wars, all of which has been received gracefully by the Defence establishment/ US Based Corp., and hardly five per cent of this 1.5 Trillion has been spent on the infrastructure projects or actual improvements in Iraq and / or Afghanistan. If not show the actual improvements.

    Us Tax payers pay and Defence contractors get richer. Good business to be in ??

    April 21, 2011 at 6:29 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  4. Praetorian

    FLASH! Donald Trump's KENYAN Birth Certificate Discovered! Click Here – http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2012577992211&set=a.1765910705683.108269.1176618594&type=1&ref=nf

    April 21, 2011 at 6:32 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  5. Steve Fein

    America loves the Donald.
    We want The Donald to lead this Nation back to Greatness!
    ________________TRUMP__________________-2012!
    What bout the Kenyan and Pelosi?
    --Jail for these two criminals.

    April 21, 2011 at 6:32 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  6. Lukee

    Haha, I am honestly not sure what to think about any of this...

    April 21, 2011 at 6:55 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  7. Fabio

    Enough with this jerk!

    April 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  8. Reemo

    The more I see Donald Trump's antics, the more I believe he's an undercover agent posing as a Republican to steal the GOP nomination in order to guarantee Obama his second term. If this is the case, then Trump is the most brilliant mastermind on the face of the planet.

    April 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  9. JoJo

    What annoys me most about these "birthers" like Trump is that even if this stuff was true, which it isn't, what a truly mean thing to try to destroy a decent man's career based on a practically meaningless technicality which Pres. Obama has no control over. McCain's birth status is more questionable than Obama's but it would be wrong to try to destroy the man for it.

    April 21, 2011 at 7:14 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  10. Ade

    He is stupidly rich and also Richly stupid

    April 21, 2011 at 7:16 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  11. Melissa Cook

    The media really had a strong hand in the election of Obama with the unfair ratio of positive to negative coverage of the two main candidates and the omitting stories that did not favor his candidacy in the last election. I assume the media is going to do this again. Haven't they figured out that four years with Obama has led our country down a bad road financially and internationally? I am NOT better off than I was four years ago and I don't think I will EVER be as well off as I was four years ago again. It is time for a change. I WANT to hear what candidates like Trump have to say about the issues that affect me and I do want to know why Obama will not share with the public his birth certificate given it is a requirement for him to be president at all. The media are idiots. Shape up and report the issues.

    April 21, 2011 at 7:17 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  12. Katlyn

    So called reporters at CNN are stupid.......Donald Trump may not be the perfect person to run this country..but he looks a whole lot better than just about everyone else. Everyone knows by now that CNN is totally compromised..and neglects to do NEWS.....CNN is bought and paid for. No one with any brains listens to CNN..and thier NON NEWS!!!!! Trump for 2012!!!!

    April 21, 2011 at 7:38 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Burbank

      All news channels are bought and paid for including Fox.

      April 21, 2011 at 8:08 pm | Report abuse |
  13. John

    He is becoming more of dirt bag everyday, on the Comedy Central Channel being roasted by Snoop Dogg and other low lives in the entertainment business. Why is he hanging out with these people for, what is he trying to prove?

    April 21, 2011 at 7:44 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  14. Katlyn

    Lots of people are turning to News alternatives..because CNN sucks!!!!! Everyone who wants to know whats going on in the world should goto JEFF RENSE..COM!!!!!!!!!

    April 21, 2011 at 7:44 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  15. Dale K

    Trump doesn't stand a chance as far as I'm concerned, he's just too.....ridiculous. But at the same time, the media is not dripping with integrity from the way they conduct their interviews. They absolutely insist on the tasty gossip surrounding Obama's birthplace, refusing to discuss the other FAR more important issues. CNN? Indistinguisable from a soap opera.

    April 21, 2011 at 7:56 pm | Report abuse | Reply
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