Trump: I might make third party run for president

Donald Trump, while dismissing Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and Jon Huntsman as “joke candidates,” said that he might run for president on a third-party ticket if he does not believe that the Republican nominee can beat President Obama.

“The equal time provisions dont allow me to run until May [when his TV show ends for the season],” Trump told NBCs Matt Lauer. “If the wrong candidate is nominated to run — if I think it’s a candidate that’s not going to win and not very good . . . and if the economy continues to be bad,” he said. “I would certainly think about running as an independent, yes.”