Newly resurfaced video from 1999 shows Trump's first failed presidential bid was actually a dry run for 2016

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• A nearly 20-year-old video of a CBS interview between anchor Dan Rather and Donald Trump resurfaced on YouTube.
• During the interview, Trump ridiculed Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Gov. George W. Bush of Texas.
• "Does being captured make you a hero," Trump asked, referring to McCain. "I don't know, I'm not sure."
• Referring to Bush, Trump said he was "very, very saddened by the fact that he certainly doesn't seem like Albert Einstein."

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New York City real-estate tycoon Donald Trump discussed his political ambitions and railed against Sen. John McCain and George W. Bush in a nearly 20-year-old video of a CBS interview with anchor Dan Rather.

"I am absolutely serious about conceivably running for the office of president," Trump said to Rather on CBS's "60 Minutes II" in 1999, which resurfaced on YouTube.

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