Washington - Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, one of the few celebrities whose political endorsement actually meant something, is toying with a presidential bid of her own.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV’s David Rubenstein, the businessman and big-time philanthropist asked Winfrey, you know, one billionaire to another, what her plans were for 2020.
“Have you ever thought that, given the popularity you have - we haven’t broken the glass ceiling yet for women - that you could actually run for president and actually be elected?” asked Rubenstein.
Winfrey, who has been in the TV business for nearly 40 years, paused for dramatic effect.
“I never considered the question even a possibility,” she said, before adding, “I just thought, ‘Oh oh?’”
Without mentioning President Donald Trump’s name, Rubenstein then pointed out that “it’s clear you don’t need government experience to be elected president of the United States”.
“That’s what I thought,” Winfrey said. “I thought, ‘Oh gee, I don’t have the experience, I don’t know enough.’ And now I’m thinking, ‘Oh’.”
Could that be a possible campaign slogan in 2020? “Oh!” Stranger things have happened.
In the last presidential election, Winfrey threw her considerable muscle behind former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, after initially planning to stay out of politics for a while.