The Wilpons said they will not sell a controlling stake, and Trump isn’t known to be a passive investor.

“That’s been the rumor,” he said.

Asked whether he would consider investing without gaining control, Trump responded: “I haven’t thought that far down the line. We’ll see what happens.”

Major League Baseball has rules against casino ownership by its team owners, which could prove an impediment if Trump chooses to make a deal with the Wilpons.

“If I can help, great,” Trump said. “And it not, that would be OK.

– Ronald Blum, Associated Press.

A couple people asked me about this so I figured I should weigh in. My opinion: Meh.

Sure sounds to me like another case of, “Hey, here’s a famous rich guy with ties to New York, let’s ask him if he wants to buy the Mets” and then the famous rich guy being like, “well, now that you mention it, I am really rich, and I do like being famous, so let me say nothing particularly committal to see if I can get my name in the headlines for a couple of days because I so enjoy that.”

In other words: I’d be pretty surprised if Donald Trump ends up with a minority or majority share of the Mets anytime soon. For one thing, and as I’ve said before, there are lots of non-famous rich people out there who are probably equally likely to buy a share of the team (and who would presumably be more content to be silent partners) as any famous rich people. Second, I bet that casino thing is a pretty big deal for MLB. The league does not look kindly upon involving the sport with gambling.

People seem to have pretty strong opinions about Trump one way or the other, but I haven’t followed enough of his business ventures or TV show to know much about him besides that he’s got silly hair and seems like something of a blowhard. Some say he singlehandedly ruined the USFL. While I go read about that, enjoy this Photoshop from reader Glenn: