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Anything but tranquilizing ♪ ♪ right on maude >> reporter: anything but tranquilizing, right on, trump. jeanne moos -- >> excuse me. >> reporter: -- new york. >> blatherskite, someone who blathers promiscuously. he offered to build this ball room at the white house and no one called him back. >> thats right. >> he says hes toying with the idea of a presidential run. some say hes just toying with us. is he a serious political contender or is this a brilliant marketing ploy? >> well talk to ch...

Its toxic. >> well talk more about that. but also the best of donald trump now that hes a contender for president in 2012. well hear some of the best of as only jeanne moos can bring us.

Thats not exactly the kind of response, and he coined the term vanity tour. theres some serious questions for people who take and do this seriously. with that in mind, there is an underlying current. when he is legitimizing as a strong business leader, as an entrepreneur, somebody who has really done a lot to provide jobs to this country, a lot of great things donald trump has done, including his work with "the apprentice," id say thats a good thing, hes also legitimizing an issue that really is...

Jenna: some say lack of depth on the republican bench, right? youre looking to put someone in the game and well, doesnt seem like there is anyone as charismatic as donald trump. some say that really shows there is not. of a contender for 2012. what do you think about that? >> it is awful early. right now if you have to say who is the guy to beat, obama, it is pretty tough. we still havent had the first presidential debate which fox news will host on may fifth down in south carolina. it is early ...

Trump has been flirting with the idea of running for president. his quasi campaign is built largely on a one issue platform, which is this. mr. trump, again, you may have heard, is a birther. big-time. he is generating headlines and lots of free publicity for the current season of his reality show by casting doubt on the citizenship of president obama. again, the result of this has been a lot of publicity for him, which maybe he monotizes somehow through his tv show rating. i cant make myself ca...

Until he chooses between meat loaf and latoya jackson on celebrity apprentice. is this guy a serious contender for the presidency of the united states? some surprising answers on that three minutes away. >> our current president -- >> boo! >> they all want me to say, youre fired. i mean, this has been like -- laugh. [cheers and applause] are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can conver...

>> are you talking about a political deal? >> ultimately, its all political when you get down to it, isnt it, savannah a. >> does your family want you to run, are they saying dont run? >> whether its don or eric or ivanka or my wife, they want me to do it, because they want this country to be great again. so i actually think in their own way theyre putting their country first. >> what do you think you can do to really prove to people that you are serious? that you are a contender? and that you a...

Top of the race among republican candidates. just below, you see there, mitt romney. in a new interview with nbc news white house correspondent savannah guthrie, trump said hes a real contender. >> what do you think you can do to really prove to people that you are serious, that you are a contender and that you are presidential? >> i think im presidential. i think i have a very high aptitude and i think i was at the best schools and always did good, i was a good student. but theres only one thin...

Been a lot of publicity for him, which maybe he monotizes somehow through his tv show rating. i cant make myself care long enough to know, but he has had lots of publicity, and maybe tralts to money for him, and that definitely translates to additional name recognition for him, which certainly translates to poll numbers. after making lots of noise on the birther issue, he is polling as a top tier number one or number two republican presidential contender. that has real republicans freaking out a...

Current season of his reality show by casting doubt on the citizenship of president obama. again, the result of this has been a lot of publicity for him, which maybe he monotizes somehow through his tv show rating. i cant make myself care long enough to know, but he has had lots of publicity, and maybe tralts to money for him, and that definitely translates to additional name recognition for him, which certainly translates to poll numbers. after making lots of noise on the birther issue, he is p...