--- title: Oprah Winfrey Responds To Donald Trump's Running Mate Offer description: Oprah Winfrey squashed any hopes that Donald Trump had for her as a running mate when she endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. canonical: https://time.com/4373539/oprah-winfrey-responds-donald-trump-running-mate-offer/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-17T19:42:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:40.454Z og:title: Oprah Winfrey Responds to Donald Trump's Running Mate Offer og:description: Plus, she addresses Oprah 2020 og:url: https://time.com/4373539/oprah-winfrey-responds-donald-trump-running-mate-offer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oprah Winfrey Responds to Donald Trump's Running Mate Offer twitter:description: Plus, she addresses Oprah 2020 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is What Oprah Winfrey Has to Say About Donald Trump's Offer to Be His Running Mate > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton relies on the_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 17, 2016 7:42 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 17, 2016 7:42 PM UTC If [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4003734/donald-trump-interview-transcript/) wants to make America great again, he definitely won’t be doing it with [Oprah Winfrey](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367%5F2066369%5F2066094,00.html). The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made no secret of Winfrey as a dream running mate, even going so far as to tell [ABC’s George Stephanopoulos](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-running-mate-pick-opinion-219692) that if they ran together, they would “win easily.” Winfrey however, thoroughly quashed any hopes that Donald Trump had that she would join his ticket when she told Jimmy Kimmel on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ that her response to a formal offer would be, “Donald, I’m with her!” Her response came after she endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in an interview with [_ET_](http://www.etonline.com/news/191164%5Foprah%5Fwinfrey%5Fendorses%5Fhillary%5Fclinton%5Fupcoming%5Felection%5Fit%5Fa%5Fseminal%5Fmoment%5Ffor%5Fwomen/), telling them that “it’s a seminal moment for women.” “What this says is, there is no ceiling, that ceiling just went boom!” Winfrey said. “It says anything is possible when you can be leader of the free world. I’m with her.” Winfrey also addressed rumors that she might be headed to the Oval Office in the future, telling Kimmel that she “would never run for office.” She did however, concede that this year’s election reassured her that if she were to run, she would be more than qualified. “For many years, I used to think — until this election year, I thought — ‘Wow, I have no… Why do people say that? I have no qualifications to run.’ I’m feeling pretty qualified. 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