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The station said
a source close to Trump confirmed the date of the event at New
York's Trump Tower but stopped short of saying Trump would
announce his candidacy then.
Trump, 68, told Reuters in March that he had formed an
exploratory committee to determine whether to run and had hired
staff in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Those states
will be the first to hold Republican and Democratic presidential
nominating contests early next year.
Trump, known by the nickname "The Donald," said in the interview
that as president he would spur job creation, for example, by
cracking down on what he called China's manipulation of its
currency, a practice he said that lately had been taken up by
Japan.
He currently ranks ninth in a realclearpolitics.com average of
polls of likely contenders for the Republican nomination. Only
the top 10 contenders in polling will qualify for the first
Republican debate on Aug. 6 in Cleveland.
Earlier on Thursday, former New York Governor George Pataki
became the eighth Republican to jump into the race.
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(Reporting by Peter Cooney in Washington; Additional reporting
by Steve Holland; Editing by Eric Beech)
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