Angling For An Endorsement? Rick Perry Meets With Donald Trump In New York City

by Zara Golden | 10:05 am, September 15th, 2011

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Donald Trump has upped his woo-ing game. Yesterday, the real estate mogul met with Texas Gov. Rick Perry to talk jobs and grab a bite. And unlike when Sarah Palin was in town, he actually took the presidential hopeful somewhere nice. The two met at Trump’s Fifth Ave tower, and then headed out together to a nice dinner at Jean-Georges — plastic utensils, nowhere in sight.

“Well, I think he’s a very impressive guy,” Trump told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos a few weeks ago, hinting at this meeting. “He’s been governor of Texas for a long time. Texas has done very well. I think he’s very ready.”

“It’s obviously about the presidency,” Trump’s spokesman Michael Cohen told CBS when they inquired as to what the meeting might be about. “Everyone wants Mr. Trump’s support.” Not only has he met with Palin and Perry, but he left his appointment with Michele Bachmann sounding somewhat affected.

Oddly, Cohen also told CBS that Trump is still tinkering with a run himself. “After The Apprentice is over in June,” Cohen said, “if he’s still not happy with the choices, we are all ready to launch a campaign for him as a third-party candidate, as an independent.” Still not happy? He’s sounding like a tough sell.

Does this mean Perry is in for a Trump endorsement? Or could he just be hoping for a little discount on his New York City head-quarters? And why otherwise do candidates feel the need to impress Trump? That’s another issue entirely.

The Blaze has footage of the two well be-coiffed men leaving the Trump Tower together:

abc, cbs, Donald Trump, George Stephan, New York City, Rick Perry

Glutton

That seemed overhyped and completely pointless.
Irish189

Does anyone in the GOP outside of the hardcore birthers really take Trump seriously?
Anonymous

Looks like Perry is angling for the Chump vote as well.
Bob

Perry and Trump = Dumb and Dumber

BTW, we’re still waiting for Trump the Liar to be a man of his word and release his tax returns, as he said he would. And when will he tell us the “amazing stuff” his Super Secret Hawaiian Birther Task Force investigators found while luau-hopping?
Anonymous

Republicans Back Perry in Poll as Plurality Reject Views

Republicans have given Rick Perry frontrunner
status in their party’s presidential primary race, even as warning signs flash
over his ability to win support in the general election. http://www.newslook.com/videos/350634-republicans-back-perry-in-poll-as-plurality-reject-views?autoplay=true
Anonymous

When Harry met Lloyd.
CrazyLikeAFoxViewer

The blind leading the bloated.
Anonymous

I think its a scene out of Wall Street.
Anonymous

Watch out Perry, some of Trump’s irrelevance might rub off on you.
Anonymous

The Birther Young Earther Consortium. What a hoot!
Anonymous

The Birther Young Earther Consortium. What a hoot!
Anonymous

Trump and Perry together should drive Perry’s favorable percentage to a new low. Shows how ignorant Perry is by garnering an endorsement from a carnival barker. He should call the Salahi’s and get support from them. What an idiot.
Anonymous

Fact: I would rather see Trump visit the White House than the trash hip hop bands Obama lets run amok there!
Anonymous

Fact: Get over it when he makes you work for a living as your new President.
Anonymous

Oh yeah, your comments so compelling. You certainly make a serious point. To no one but, well, yourself.
Anonymous

Fact: Don’t worry they will eventually take that
ankle monitor away some day and you will be free again to go bumming around the town.
Anonymous

Brilliant!
caconservative

Obimbo does!!
Anonymous

Yet another mediawhore hook up.
Hopefully it wont make it as far as the Lincoln Bedroom.
Viralmechanic

Of course that’s a fact, you know what your own opinions are.

Unless you have to actually question that at times, and this particular ‘fact’ required rigorous tests of some kind.
Viralmechanic

You go Perry, poisoning your non-loony votes by making a deal out of hanging out with the biggest loony of them all.