Trump will receive the award on the day before the Republican National Convention. | REUTERS Trump gets 'statesman of year' award

Real estate mogul. Political pundit. “Apprentice” host. Birther. Sometime presidential candidate teaser.

Also: “Statesman.”


That’s the latest title to be bestowed upon Donald Trump when he receives the 2012 “Statesman of the Year” award from the Sarasota Republican Party in August.

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Trump has been tapped to receive the award on the day before the Republican National Convention, just 60 miles south of the festivities in Tampa Bay.

The move, however, is not meant to upstage the convention, according to Trump spokesman Michael Cohen.

“It would seem obvious that Donald Trump will play a role in the Tampa convention, as his massive popularity, reflected in this recent award, shows what an asset he would be in making the convention into an even greater success.”

Haley Barbour received the award in 2011, at an event that also featured remarks from Herman Cain.