The 10 worst predictions after Trump’s first campaign launch

Published June 18, 2025 2:00pm ET



“CLOWN RUNS FOR PREZ” blared the New York Daily News headline on June 17, 2015, after Donald Trump announced he was running for president. For the next 512 days, the Daily News and almost every other legacy media outlet viciously attacked and ridiculed the real estate mogul while predicting over and over that he would never become president.

The old saying is that pain is temporary, but film is forever. So let’s take a look back at the 10 worst predictions about Trump’s run to the White House in becoming the 45th and eventually 47th president.

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