On his first campaign stop , Trump traveled to Miami , Florida and spoke before the Cuban American National Foundation . The foundation invited Trump after he wrote a '' Miami Herald '' article denouncing Cuban President Fidel Castro and favoring the U.S. embargo against Cuba several months earlier . During the visit , Trump was met with supporters touting " Trump 2000 " posters and shouting " Viva Donald Trump ! " There , he delivered his first foreign policy speech , capped with the line , " I 'd have , personally , two words for Castro : ' Adios , amigo ! ' " Covering the event , columnist Maureen Dowd wrote that the fascination with Trump was the " apotheosis of our Gilded Age , " where " money , celebrity , polling , and crass behavior " warp politics and the television show '' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire '' dominates the culture . Following this theme , '' Saturday Night Live '' performed a sketch in which Darrell Hammond reprised his role as Trump , holding a press conference announcing '' Millionaire '' winner John Carpenter as his running mate . Soon thereafter , the actual Trump floated possible running mates and members of his presidential cabinet during a November 28 episode of '' Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer '' . He identified Senator John McCain , a Republican presidential candidate , as a possible Secretary of Defense . Trump said he would consider Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and mentioned retired General Colin Powell as a possible Secretary of State . He praised General Electric CEO Jack Welch , and discussed him as either Secretary of Treasury or running mate . He again mentioned Oprah Winfrey as a possible running mate . During the interview , Trump expressed his willingness to spend $ 100 million to self-finance a full-scale campaign . The Reform Party scheduled a debate of the candidates seeking the presidential nomination on December 3 in Portland , Oregon . When a reporter asked a Trump aide whether Trump would appear , the aide was unaware of the debate . Ultimately , Buchanan attended but Trump did not . As the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) negotiations collapsed amid protests at a summit in Seattle , Trump appeared on the December 5 airing of ABC 's '' This Week '' . He said that the WTO was not " necessarily fair " to the United States , and argued that " our best , and our smartest , and our brightest " were not being used to negotiate the deal . He renewed his attack on the negotiation skills of Barshefsky , saying that both she and Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley did not know how to negotiate . Next , Trump embarked on a two-day campaign stop in California , which the media covered extensively . During the stop , Trump held a press conference , appearing with his campaign entourage that included his girlfriend Melania , Roger Stone , and bodyguard Matt Calamari . Aides made hand sanitizer readily available for reporters , presumably due to Trump 's alleged germaphobia . The Associated Press ( AP ) noted that Trump " made little attempt to appear statesman-like " at the press conference with responses that seemed " tailored more to entertain his listeners than establish his credibility . " In Burbank , Trump appeared on '' The Tonight Show with Jay Leno '' where he attacked Buchanan as " having a love affair with Adolf Hitler " and discussed his upcoming book , '' The America We Deserve '' . '' The Weekly Standard '' reported that though the release date was only a month away , the book had yet to be written . After the '' Tonight Show '' appearance , Trump attended a meeting of one hundred Southern California Reform Party members , to whom he delivered a speech and answered questions . Crowds cheered Trump when he discussed his opposition to NAFTA , but some were offended when he questioned the existence of a Reform Party platform and , after receiving a copy , left it on the podium when he exited . On the final day , Trump visited the Simon Wiesenthal Center 's Museum of Tolerance and walked through an exhibit of The Holocaust . He delivered a speech and held another press conference at the museum atrium , where he denounced Buchanan 's views on Nazis . Afterwards , Trump boarded his jet for Long Beach . During an on-jet interview , Trump placed his odds of waging a full-scale campaign at " 50/50 , " but " edging closer , " believing there to be a " fervor " among the public about his campaign . The AP evaluated the California response as more " warm " than fervent , but described Trump 's treatment as that of a " high profile dignitary . " At Trump 's final event , he spoke at a Tony Robbins motivational conference . Robbins and Trump had made an agreement that would pay Trump $ 1 million for showing up at ten of Robbins ' events . Trump planned to make campaign stops to coincide with Robbins ' shows , speculating that he " could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it . " At the event , Trump received what the AP called a " moderately enthusiastic applause " after asking the 21,000 people in attendance whether he should run for president . He received a large ovation when he proclaimed , " people want to hear straight talk . We 're tired of being bullied by these moron politicians . " Overall , '' The Weekly Standard '' praised Trump for his candor on the campaign trail
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