Donald Trump said he's deflecting pleas to make the upcoming Republican National Convention all about him. "What they've asked me to do is speak all three nights. I turned it down," Trump told The New York Times. Though "everybody wants that," he said he wants to make sure no one gets the wrong idea. "I don't want people to think I'm grandstanding — which I'm not," Trump said. "But it would get high ratings."
Instead, he's planning to get celebrities to fetch those "high ratings" for him. Though Trump is still trying to nail down exactly who will be speaking, he is "thinking about asking Serena Williams, Don King, and Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship," The New York Times reports. His wife, Melania, is also "writing some things up right now," Trump said.
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