FORBES
Jose Lambiet, Contributor
Trump with wife Melania last night Palm Beach (Click on the Mike Jachles photo for the full gallery)
Mar-a-Lago owner Donald Trump, who hosted the traditional Palm Beach Red Cross Ball last night, still wants to live in the White House.
Trump taped an interview for today’s Face The Nation minutes before the ball and told host Bob Schieffer he hasn’t shaken the politics bug that had him consider a presidential run last year!
– Click here for the gala’s full photo gallery
“I’m still thinking about it (running for president),” the host of The Celebrity Apprentice told Schieffer. “The country is going to hell in a handbasket. I would have to run as an independent but I’m precluded from running because of the show (Apprentice).”
Trump, No. 128 on the Forbes 400, also expressed his disgust with the current GOP race. He called the back-and-forth between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney hateful.
“It’s Republican against Republican where the level of hatred is unbelievable,” said Trump, who quietly wrote a $50,000-check for the Red Cross. “They’re hurting the chances to beat Barack Obama.”
Meanwhile, more than 500 well-heeled supporters of the American Red Crossdescended on Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach Saturday night for the annual $1,000-per-head gala.
The ball traditionally lures representatives of foreign governments. This year, ambassadors from Mexico, Sweden, Denmark, Morocco, Slovenia, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago made to trip to South Florida.
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Incidentally none of the Republican candidates for president, in Florida for Tuesday’s primary, were at the ball. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson made it, as did California U.S. Rep. Ed Royce.
More Palm Beach fundraisers:
– The Palm Beach zoo ball is where the wild things are
– Tebowing in Palm Beach: Donald Trump snags Tim Tebow garb at Komen for the Cure auction
– Rod Steward, Housewife Ramona, cold hard cash star at Palm Beach Policemen’s Ball
– Young Friends of the Red Cross kick off the new year in style
– Rudy Giuliani highlights Palm Beach’s Salvation Army ball
– DWTS’ JR Martinez stars at LIFE Foundation gala
