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"Donald Trump is reportedly considering a bid for the US presidency in 2016. The Celebrity Apprentice star famously hinted at running against US President Barack Obama in 2012, but ultimately chose not to enter the race.  Trump has stepped up his appearances at Republican rallies in recent months and his special counsel Michael Cohen has now revealed that the mogul recently undertook $1 million in exploratory studies into running for office. Cohen told PageSix: &amp;quot;The electoral research was commissioned. We did not spend $1 million on this research for it just to sit on my bookshelf. &amp;quot;At this point Mr Trump has not made any decision on a political run, but what I would say is that he is exactly what this country needs. The turnout at these political speeches indicates his following remains very strong and is growing.&amp;quot; Cohen went on to say that Trump will be required to &amp;quot;turn over control of his company either to one or all of his children or to a trust&amp;quot; if he does seek office. Trump famously backed Republican Mitt Romney in the last election and had a Twitter meltdown following Romney&amp;#039;s loss to Obama on November 6. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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