Is this guy serious? Could Republican frontrunner Trump actually win?
He’s brash, outspoken and provocative – and he’s the leading GOP candidate in polls. Experts doubt he can go the distance but he has already changed the race
Donald Trump: ‘At some point voters are going to say, is this a man whose finger I want on the button?’ Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP
Tom McCarthy in New York-Sunday 19 July 2015
For two serene months after Donald Trump announced in March that he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, he failed to register in national political polls. People basically thought he was kidding.
Tom McCarthy in New York-Sunday 19 July 2015
For two serene months after Donald Trump announced in March that he was forming a presidential exploratory committee, he failed to register in national political polls. People basically thought he was kidding.
Then something funny happened. Trump, the developer and reality TV star, began hiring staffers in early voting states. He travelled to political rallies. He held a campaign launch event. And his poll numbers began to climb.
