Popular radio host Howard Stern has vowed to run for president if Donald Trump tries again in 2024 - and insists he'll beat his former friend.
During his radio show Tuesday morning, Stern claimed he has accepted that he may have to serve his 'civic duty' and run against Trump saying he knows he'll 'beat his a**.' Stern claims he is as prominent in the American public's conscience as Trump, meaning any presidential campaign would quickly gain traction.
The claims came as Stern noted the attention that his statements about Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers vaccine scandal the day before drew in.
Stern slammed Rodgers, who tested positive for Covid last week, for lying about being vaccinated calling him a 'scumbag' and suggesting that he be fired from the NFL.
On Tuesday's show, the shock jock suggested that if his comments on Rodgers were 'big news' then he is sufficiently popular among the public to make a presidential bid.
Howard Stern (left) and his co-host Robin Quivers discussed Stern's potential 2024 presidential campaign against Donald Trump
Stern and Trump were friends before the Trump presidency during which Stern grew increasingly critical of the administration
'I think I'm going to run for president,' he said.
When his co-host Robin Quivers notes Stern's media attention he jokingly asks: 'Who the f**k am I?'
Quivers replied: 'If Trump decides to run again, you have to run against him. That's my plan.'
To which Stern boldly declares: 'I know, I'll beat his a**.'
'That's what's going to have to happen,' Quivers added. 'We can't leave it to the Democrats.'
The host went on to assert his seriousness saying he already told his wife that he may have to serve his 'civic duty' and run for president if Trump makes another bid, which he has suggested he might.
'I would just sit there at debate and play that f**king clip of him trying to fix the election, over and over again. There's no way I'd lose,' Stern said, referring to a phone call Trump made to Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, in which Trump insisted there had been election fraud in the state and instructed the election official to 'find more votes,' after Joe Biden won it.
Stern insisted: 'There's no way I'd lose.'
