 In early 2011, "Vanity Fair" wrote that Trump would run for president in 2012, and did a series of pieces satirically comparing the birther controversy over the authenticity of incumbent president Obama's short-form birth certificate to a hypothetical 'balders' controversy over the authenticity of Trump's hair.In a June 2015 speech for his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump said he would change his hair style if he were elected.