Could Oprah Winfrey run for US president – and win?

Her Golden Globes speech has reignited calls for Winfrey to stand for the presidency. It would be a remarkable move from moral to political leadership for a figure who is almost the ‘mirror image’ of TrumpBack in 1999, Donald Trump was considering a run for the presidency and who might be his running mate. He told anyone who would listen his choice: Oprah Winfrey. “I threw out the name of a friend of mine, who I think the world of, she’s great,” he said at an event.