Trump: Ron Paul a ‘good guy,’ but ‘has zero chance’ of being elected president

Business mogul Donald Trump said Thursday that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) could not possibly win the 2012 presidential race.

“By the way, Ron Paul cannot get elected, I’m sorry to tell you,” Trump said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday. “I like Ron Paul, I think he’s a good guy, but honestly he just has zero chance of getting elected.”

{mosads}Both Trump’s names and Paul’s have been mentioned as possible candidates for the 2012 presidential race.

Trump, who was a late addition to the speech schedule at CPAC, said in the same speech that he is considering running for president and would make an announcement if he decides to run in the first half of this year.

In December of last year, Paul told The New York Times that there was a “50-50” chance that he would decide to run for president in 2012. He previously ran for president in 1988 on the Libertarian ticket and as a Republican in the 2008 cycle.