Donald Trump shot down a report claiming he would announce his candidacy on the final episode of his show, The Apprentice, on May 15.
But Trump - who has flirted with two previous presidential runs - said he was serious about it this time. "There's no doubt in my mind I want to run as a Republican," he said. "I've always felt that. Really, never wavered."
"Years ago," he added, "there was a big move to get me to run in the Reform Party. Fortunately I didn't do that; I decided not to do that. And as you know, that was a strange group." He added, "I like the people but I just didn't think they had their act together at that time."
"I haven't really thought about it since," Trump said about running for president.
But now, he has.
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