Donald Trump

A night after riffing on President Obama's budget plan, Jimmy Kimmel took on the easiest and most conceited target out there: The Donald, himself.  Kimmel's take: Trump isn't actually running for the presidency. It's all a publicity stunt and we're all unwitting passengers along for the ride. But he also took on some of the stupider things Trump has said.  "Trump said in a radio interview he has a good relationship with, and this is a quote, the blacks," Kimmel joked. "Well, not any more.

The question of the day is: What do Donald Trump and Mitt Romney have in common besides being rich ("Trumped: It's Romney, not Gingrich, who's endorsed," Feb. 3)? The answer is they both like to fire people. Frank F. Braunstein, Pikesville

Potential GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has been in the news lately for comments he made opposing same-sex marriage to the New York Times .  "It's like in golf," Trump told the paper. "... a lot of people are switching to these really long putters. Very unattractive. It's weird ... I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist. "  Last night on his NBC show, "The Celebrity Apprentice," Trump made more comments about homosexuality, which he refers to as "gayness.

Remember when large portions of the country believed a fantasical conspiracy theory that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States? And remember how they (and, in particular Donald Trump) were spectacularly embarrassed for believing in something so dumb?  Well, brace yourself. They still believe it!  Jerome Corsi (author of "Where's the Birth Certificate?") and Orly Taitz (who runs the "World's Leading Obama Eligibility Challenge Website") are still touting this nonsense  You would think with a struggling economy, outrageous debt and three unresolved wars, Obama's opponents would have fact-based arguments to make against him. Instead, this birther thing still inexplicably exists.  It all goes to prove this one undeniable fact: No matter what, crazy people will always be crazy. 

So Donald Trump is seriously considering a run for president in 2012 as a republican and I, for one, am strenuously encouraging him to do so. Imagine the hilarity and endless bombast that would accompany a Trump presidency: Trump firing the Senate. Trump getting in a shouting match with the United Nations. Trump putting a huge photo of his smiling face on the Washington monument.  The possibilities are endless. The Donald hasn't wasted any time getting the pomposity started. In an ABC News interview posted last night, Trump took on President Obama, House Speaker Boehner, Somalian pirates, and, of course, somehow found some time to compliment himself.

Tuesday night's "NBC Nightly News" led with a lengthy hatchet job on Donald Trump, the colorful, bombastic, ridiculously coiffed real estate tycoon and reality TV star who has emerged as an early contender for the Republican presidential nomination. That his TV stardom comes from his show "The Apprentice," which brings millions of dollars to the very network deciding to undress him publicly, is strange enough; but his appearance high in presidential preference polls is apparently sufficient to make the establishment and its media guardians a bit nervous.

BRIAN JACK, lead singer for the popular local band Child's Play, didn't show up for the band's concert Wednesday night at the Bayou in Washington, D.C., amid speculation that he and his girlfriend of four years, Rowanne Brewer -- lately seen in the company of Donald Trump -- were trying to sort out their relationship.According to band members, Jack, whose real name is Brian Giacubeno, hasn't returned from a holiday visit with Brewer in North Carolina. Brewer, a model, was the 1988 Miss Maryland USA.As reported last week in a media blitz, Brewer, 26, formerly of Silver Spring, is dating Trump despite claims from Giacubeno and his family that the couple is engaged.

NEW YORK - In addition to real estate mogul, book author, fashion designer and reality-television personality, add teacher to the list of professions that Donald Trump is dabbling in these days. Trump launched his newest enterprise yesterday, an online company dubbed Trump University, promising seminars, courses and CD-ROMs designed for "practical education" for working business professionals. "When I make speeches, a lot of people show up," Trump said at a news conference at Trump Towers.

PALM BEACH - In a private ceremony that sparked a public spectacle, billionaire Donald Trump got married here Saturday before holding a gala reception at his seaside estate that was bedecked with enough gold, diamonds and celebrity to rival the starry night. The public was not invited to the evening nuptials, but hundreds showed up anyway, lining the roadway in front of Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in hopes of spotting expected guests that included Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric and New York Yankee Derek Jeter.

A successful boss - or so at least one school of thought holds - hires the best possible people, pays them well and gives them free rein to do their jobs. As tonight's winner of The Apprentice will find out, Donald Trump isn't enrolled in that school. The high-rolling real estate developer, who through the NBC series has become perhaps the nation's most famous boss, does hire the best he can find, and he does pay handsomely in the executive ranks. But when it comes to those reins, some former employees say Trump can - and regularly does - tug on them, sometimes viciously.

I thought we were done with Donald Trump, but, no, he's back again, saying more crazy things and getting more attention. What sad, delusional things is he talking about now? What else? He's still claiming President Barack Obama's birth certificate is fake .  Before suckers start falling for this nonsense again (Trump had almost half of Republicans doubting Obama's birth certificate before), let's remind ourselves about the true nature of Donald Trump. Exhibit A: Comedian Amy Poehler's speech at Harvard yesterday.

On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. National  • Hey, big spender: Romney hauls in $10 million in a single da y. (AP)  • Not to be outdone: Obama lists assets worth millions . (CNN)  • Amazing: Man 'cured' of AIDS . (CBS)  • Seriously? Facebook-loving couple names baby "like.

Unfortunately, the fake campaign that consumed the media for several months has come to an end. Pretend GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump -- who we dubbed His Royal Pomposity -- bowed out gracefully strike that arrogantly , predicting that he would have won the presidency had he continued.  "I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election," he...

On weekday mornings, I'll post the most controversial, shocking and (of course) ridiculous stories for your reading pleasure. That way, when you walk into work, you'll be the master of witty conversation. National  • Flip flop? Romney says he'd undo Obama's health care program . (USA Today)  • More reason to be glad he's dead: Bin Laden obsessed with more U.S. attack s. (Washington Post)  • Ruppersberger to see  bin Laden death photos . (Baltimore Sun)

Potential GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has been in the news lately for comments he made opposing same-sex marriage to the New York Times .  "It's like in golf," Trump told the paper. "... a lot of people are switching to these really long putters. Very unattractive. It's weird ... I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist. "  Last night on his NBC show, "The Celebrity Apprentice," Trump made more comments about homosexuality, which he refers to as "gayness.

You might have heard about Donald Trump's recent statement to the New York Times explaining why he doesn't support same-sex marriage:  "It's like in golf ... a lot of people are switching to these really long putters. Very unattractive. It's weird ... I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist. "  Wow. What? Talk about a flawed analogy.  Stephen Colbert epically skewered this skewed reasoning on "The Colbert Report" last night.

Rejected first draft of Donald Trump's final announcement about his political intentions in 2012. First, let me say how proud I am of myself for heckling Barack Obama until he produced the "long form" of his birth certificate, something no white president managing two wars and a budget crisis has ever been asked to do. At long last, the national debate can move on to other idiotic conspiracy theories, which I may or may not exploit to...

Apparently, one pretend investigation (into Obama's birth certificate) isn't enough for Donald Trump. He now claims he is "looking into" how President Barack Obama was accepted to Ivy League schools Columbia and Harvard despite being a "terrible" student.   "I heard he was a terrible student, terrible," Trump said today i n an interview with The Associated Press . "How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard? I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records.

Like most Americans I was shocked that Osama bin Laden was hiding in an expensive compound less than a mile from the Pakistani military academy. I thought he had been hiding in Donald Trump's hair! Marc Raim, Baltimore

As many of you know, President Barack Obama's announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden interrupted the end of Donald Trump's show, "Celebrity Apprentice," Sunday night.  Jimmy Fallon, who recently broke out his Donald Trump impression over the birth certificate issue, used the impression again last night, perfectly capturing the mix of arrogance and delusion that is The Donald.  "President Obama is so scared of me and so desperate for...