Persona non grata Trump will not be causing embarrassment for Panama

Donald Trump, the  real estate mogul who has been declared persona non grata by Panama City Council is not going to run for president of the United States.

He made the statement Monday April ending months of speculation that he might seek the 2012 Republican nomination.

It also did the city a favor lifting the shadow of potential problems. If he had won the election, would the city change the "not welcome" sign? {jathumbnail off}

“After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the presidency,” he said in a statement.

But with the hubris that defines the man he said: “I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election.”

He had in fact slipped dwn the polls as a possible candidate  but covered his tracks:  “Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion, and I am not ready to leave the private sector.”

Trump announced his decision in at an event where broadcast networks  preview their fall lineups.

When he made the announcement, the advertisers cheered said the New York Times

His short lived appearance on the burst on the political scene came in the spring when  he grabbed media attention by creating doubts that President Barack Obama had been born in the United States. After Obama had publicly produce his birth certificate, showing that he was born in Hawaii, Trump claimed that he had forced the president’s hand.

Obama turned the tables in a mocking aside durng an address at a media dinner in Washington. Trump, stony faced, was in the audience, and did not join in the laughter of his neighbors.