TRUMPING OBAMA

Other celebrities set to follow Donald Trump into the 2012 presidential race

11.21.10 | 12:08 am

First he conquered Wall Street (and got cut from Oliver Stone's sequel), and now Donald Trump has reportedly set his eyes on the White House.

Trump told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos "I have many people from China that I do business with, they laugh at us. They feel we're fools. And almost being led by fools. And they can't believe what they're getting away with,” adding that he'd consider running in 2012 if "the country continues to be taken advantage of by the world."

He went on to characterize himself as a "serious maybe" on Good Morning America and said he'd be more than willing to spend a fortune bringing his celebrity to politics. Trump says he'll make his decision by June — and has even launched a website to gage public reaction and help him decide. He intends to run as a Republican, perhaps against Sarah Palin, for the GOP nomination.

With the Donald insisting he'll restore America's rightful place taking advantage of everyone else, we thought we'd take this celebrity-for-President concept a bit further. Here are a few other famous hats we're throwing into the ring:

Jon Stewart — We'd elect him.

Suze Orman — if anyone could pull us out of our economic funk, it's Suze.

Spencer Pratt — because we needed to include a real Republican.

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