WASHINGTON — The heartburn that a prospective Donald Trump presidential bid gives to other Republican candidates will now be delivered on a weekly basis.
The bombastic real estate mogul will be joining the morning show “Fox and Friends” every Monday, the program announced.
“The Donald now makes his voice loud and clear every Monday on Fox,” asserts a promo, which was first reported by Mediaite, a news-media website.
Lately, Trump has been loud and clear on the you-can’t-kill-it-no matter-how-hard-you-try matter of President Barack Obama’s origins, producing his own birth certificate and daring Obama to do the same.
Most mainstream Republicans would love to see the birther issue dead and buried before the 2012 elections, but Trump doesn’t want to appear to let go. And the “Fox and Friends” pulpit — for which he will not be paid — will allow him to say provocative things early in the week, which is certain to draw attention from presidential contenders such as Tim Pawlenty, who not only now has to compete for oxygen with the say-anything Trump, but also with unrepentant bomb-throwers such as Rep. Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich.
Oddly enough, Trump is gaining a Fox News platform when some of his possible rivals for the GOP nomination have lost theirs. Fox cut ties with Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum when they became clear about their presidential aspirations, and is poised to do the same with Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin if the time arises.
