
Bush and Donald Trump!” Thirty-nine percent of those polled said they’d vote for Bush - but 37% percent said they’d vote for Trump, “who hasn’t bothered to campaign at all.” “I am so sick of politicians and Washington,” said Carol Sue Chamberlain, age 65. “But sorry, Al Gore, the real battle is between George W. Two weeks later, the National Enquirer published a similar “poll shocker”: “The 2000 presidential election is neck and neck,” the piece, placed prominently on the front page of the magazine, announced.
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And if they did, he joked, “I would ask for an immediate recount.”īut the poll was enough to spark Trump’s interest - and get Jesse Ventura, professional wrestler turned Reform Party governor of Minnesota, to encourage Trump to contest Ross Perot and Pat Buchanan for the Reform Party nomination. “If the Reform Party nominated me, I would probably run and probably win,” Trump said. That flirtation started with an “independent” midsummer poll of Reform Party members indicating that Trump would tie for third among the party’s potential candidates. Here is a partial list of the things that happened to Donald Trump in 1999: 1) He finalized his divorce from second wife Marla Maples, managing to give her just $2 million 2) he became embroiled in battle with a coalition of Upper West Side residents - including Walter Cronkite, Paul Newman, and Kofi Annan - protesting the construction of a massive tower near the United Nations building 3) he announced plans for at least a half dozen new real estate developments, including a NASCAR track on Long Island 4) he starred in a sensational gossip saga in which two former girlfriends vied for his attention in the Hamptons, both ending the night in tears 5) he reveled in the rejuvenation of the Miss USA Pageant, and the news that he would start a modeling agency 6) he began dating Slovenian model Melania Knauss 7) he spent months flirting with a run for president.
