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Trump bashes, boasts, and curses in first major Tea Party speech

By: CNN Political Producer Shannon Travis

Boca Raton, Florida (CNN) - Donald Trump unleashed a fiery anti-President Barack Obama stump speech for members and supporters of the South Florida Tea Party Saturday and made frequent references to what he would do as president.

Throngs of fired-up voters in a vote-rich battleground state encouraged him.

While the billionaire real estate developer is not currently a presidential candidate, his appearance at a Tea Party event in Florida might have made the casual observer think he is running.

And yet, unusual moments made Trump’s speech unlike any other so far this political season. He harshly criticized some Republicans, tailored his speech based on crowd shout-outs, dissed hecklers, used a curse word and recalled how his wife urged him not to be “conceited."

Republican Rep. Allen West and others also spoke, advocating key Tea Party themes of smaller government and reduced government spending.

The event was one of many similar events as conservative grassroots activists mount “Tax Dayâ€

The other day Rush said that Trump might be running to split the republican vote and get Obama re-elected.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

The other day Rush said that Trump might be running to split the republican vote and get Obama re-elected.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Either way, one thing is for sure, if he runs as an independent he will be helping Obama to win reelection. Trump has been a strong supporter of many liberals in the past.

Originally Posted by Mickey

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

The other day Rush said that Trump might be running to split the republican vote and get Obama re-elected.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Either way, one thing is for sure, if he runs as an independent he will be helping Obama to win reelection. Trump has been a strong supporter of many liberals in the past.

Sounds like he is trying to use the birthers and the Tea Party to help him get Obama re-elected.
I wonder what happens if Trump accidentally gets elected instead?
I sure wish we had a candidate as strongly opposed to amnesty and illegal immigration as Tancredo running.

Obama 49%, Trump 34%
President Obama leads Donald Trump by 15 percentage points in a hypothetical 2012 match-up, but the president is unable to top the 50% level of support even against an opponent some are deriding as a joke.

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Trump: Vote for me 'cause mine's bigger

Trump: I'm better for prez because my net worth's bigger than Romney's

By GEOFF EARLE Post Correspondent
Last Updated: 5:35 AM, April 18, 2011
Posted: 2:52 AM, April 18, 2011

WASHINGTON -- Vote for me 'cause mine's bigger.

Donald Trump yesterday fired the opening salvo in a macho battle of bank accounts with rival presidential contender Mitt Romney, dismissing the former Massachusetts governor as a "small business" person and saying his own assets are "much, much" larger than his opponent's.

Trump, whose approval ratings have rocketed upward since he started hammering President Obama, yesterday turned his fire on Romney, considered by many the front-runner in a divided Republican field.

"I'm a much bigger businessman and have a much, much bigger net worth. I mean my net worth is many, many, many times Mitt Romney," Trump told CNN's Candy Crowley yesterday.

Donald Trump, here in Florida yesterday, put down millionaire Mitt Romney for not being rich enough.

Trump, who made his millions doing splashy real-estate deals and slapping his name on towering skyscrapers from New York to Atlantic City, then belittled Romney, saying that Bain Capital, the hedge fund where he made millions of dollars before running for governor, didn't create any jobs.

"Well, Mitt Romney is a basically small-business guy, if you really think about it. He was a hedge fund. He was a funds guy. He walked away with some money from a very good company that he didn't create. He worked there. He didn't create it," Trump said.

Trump claimed that he had created "hundreds of thousands of jobs."

The real-estate mogul, whose popularity soared after he questioned Obama's citizenship, has yet to officially enter the race. But he plans to announce his final decision after the final episode of his TV show.

He teased that the country would know the full extent of his wealth if and when he decides to get into the race.

Romney, who made millions running the hedge fund and as CEO of a Boston management consulting firm, is no financial slouch, having poured $45 million into his failed 2008 presidential campaign.

In 2007, Romney's campaign disclosed that he was worth between $190 million and $250 million. His campaign didn't respond to Trump's broadsides.

By comparison, Forbes magazine estimated Trump's net worth at $2.7 billion. He was No. 420 on this year's list of the world's billionaires.

But the mogul has been accused of overstating his wealth, and sued a New York Times reporter who wrote a book saying he was worth much less than $1 billion.

Trump has also said, "My brand alone is worth $5 billion," a statement that Forbes tweaked. "Yes, the Donald is a billionaire. No, he's not worth what he says he is," the magazine wrote last year.

Trump has added to his bottom line by starring in "The Apprentice" and "Celebrity Apprentice" on NBC.

"I've built a great company," Trump said. "And one of the beauties of, frankly, if and when I announce, sometime prior to June, you will see how big my company is, because it's much bigger and much more powerful and much stronger than anyone really knows. So you're going to see how good it is. You're going to see how strong it is."

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Trump: I'm better for prez because my net worth's bigger than Romney's

Following this logic we should always elect the person who has the most money?