Don Lemon considers run for president, claims he'd be better than Trump

Former CNN host Don Lemon said he has considered a potential run for president, suggesting in a recent talk that the idea is not out of the question. 

Lemon said during an episode of his show from earlier this week that the possibility of entering politics depends on circumstances, and pointed to the structure of US elections as a barrier, saying it would likely require him to run as a Democrat if he chose to enter a race.

Lemon also referenced Barack Obama while discussing the idea of unconventional candidates reaching the presidency: “So do I ever think about it? Yes. Could it happen? Yeah, it could happen. If the opportunity presented itself, the right opportunity presented itself. Look, if I wanted to, I know people are going to think I'm crazy. This is going to be the headline and people are going to laugh about it. I think I could be president of the United States. I could definitely run this country better than, than, um, than Donald Trump."

"As an independent though, there would be a hard time for me to run for anything because, you know, the way the system is set up, I'd have to choose a side. And so, you know, I probably would, I probably would have to become a Democrat. And, um, yeah, so, you know, am I at the point, that point now? No.

"And I know people are going to say, Don Lemon is crazy, but yeah. And that's, look, why can't I think about running for office? Why can't I think about being president of the United States? When, look at what we have, when anybody, did anybody think Barack Obama, as he says, this guy with a funny name is from a mixed background. Did anybody ever think that he would become president, that he had that aspiration? I don't have an aspiration to become president, but I do think that I could run this country a lot better than Donald Trump.

"You know what else I think that I could run better than most people? And I was talking, actually talked about to my husband about that last night, a news organization, because I was there, I'd been in the game for so long and I'm not interested in being, you know, the anchor out front. I could come in and fix the bulk of their problems and lickety split in no time flat.”