Donald Trump recently announced his presidential bid, but Karl Rove doubts that he’ll follow through.
“This guy is not a serious candidate. As of Friday at 5 p.m., he had yet to file the one-page declaration of his candidacy with the FEC [Federal Election Commission]. The reason he’s not is because once he does that, that triggers a 30-day period during which he has to lay out in excruciating detail the range of his liabilities and his assets. He gets to have two 45-day extensions. He will delay filing that piece of paper, and mark my words, he will delay and ask for extensions as long as possible,” Rove said on Fox News Sunday.
“We ought to treat him as a serious candidate when he finally files that declaration and commits himself to unveiling all of his assets and liabilities.”
Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, told Bloomberg Politics that Rove was wrong.
“When Mr. Trump files his declaration of candidacy and his personal financial disclosure statement, we look forward to the public acknowledgement from Karl Rove that he is once again wrong about presidential politics,” Lewandowski said.
