Real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump on Tuesday officially entered the Republican primary for president.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States and we are going to make our country great again," Trump said at the Trump Tower in New York City.
Trump, by nature of being a public personality for decades, polls better than several other Republican candidates — and is therefore, under the current proposed debate rules, likely to be onstage with people like Scott Walker and Jeb Bush in the summer's first Republican debate.