EXCLUSIVEMeghan Markle's path to the White House (and why Donald Trump could be an ありそうもない inspiration): Step-by-step guide to how Duchess of Sussex could use quasi-王室の Nigerian 小旅行する as spring board for 大統領の 企て，努力，提案
Meghan Markle's mantra is that women can change the world.?
And?after her 大統領の-like visit to her 可決する・採択するd '母国' of Nigeria,?her 支持者s ますます believe she is 運命にあるd to do it herself from the Oval Office.?
Meghan's 控訴s co-星／主役にする Erika Alexander 宣言するd this week that the Duchess of Sussex is '長，率いるing to the White House', 予報するing she is the 行動主義者 and 支持する for women with the courage to be the Leader of the 解放する／自由な World.
専門家s have told MailOnline that Meghan could be just a few steps from the US 大統領／総裁などの地位 - as long as she takes inspiration from one of her own most 声の critics, Donald Trump, and her British prince husband is willing to become an American.?
著名な historian Christopher Phelps, an 専門家 on US politics, told MailOnline today: 'It would be a 広大な／多数の／重要な story. The British prince who loved her so much he gave up his British 市民権 to become an American. There would be no 必要物／必要条件 for him to do it - but he would have to if she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to have any 信用性'.??
Her pseudo-王室の 小旅行する to self-布告するd '母国' Nigeria with Prince Harry has been 見解（をとる）d by some as a 可能性のある?springboard for her political career.?
One insider at the 最高の，を越す of politics in 自由主義の California?told MailOnline today that the Duchess may be plotting a Donald Trump-奮起させるd '列 jump' into high office - まっただ中に 憶測 the US 大統領／総裁などの地位 could be her ultimate 目的（とする）. Mr Trump used The 見習い工 to 上げる his profile and Fox News as a 壇・綱領・公約 for his political 見解（をとる）s before he won the 共和国の／共和党の 大統領の 指名／任命.?He is the only American 大統領，／社長 to have no previous political service.
'She [Meghan] has her 注目する，もくろむs on the prize', the source said.
But another politico 警告するd: 'The buy-your-success thing is more ふさわしい as a 共和国の／共和党の play. Meghan has political ambitions but like most celebrities or 商売／仕事 people, they are not ready to put in the g raft to get there. Maybe Oprah Winfrey could pull it off. But she's put in the hard yards in other ways. Meghan hasn't done anything'.
Professor Phelps, who teaches at the University of Nottingham in England, said?平行のs can be drawn between the former 控訴s 星／主役にする and ex-actor Ronald Reagan,?who was 知事 of California before he served as the 40th 大統領，／社長 of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs from 1981 to 1989. Arnold Schwarzenegger also made the 移行 from showbiz to politics.
'Her 指名する will open doors but you can't just say "You all know who I am - 投票（する） for me" - she will need to have?some 実体 on 政策. Americans want to know how she would 保護する their 職業s, where she stand of 税金 and to 取り組む 罪，犯罪 in their neighbourhoods', he said.
As 憶測 about her political ambitions continue, this is how the Duchess of Sussex could use her profile to build a grassroots （選挙などの）運動をする to take her to Washington - and the challenges she would 直面する on the way.????????
Meghan Markle's 可能性のある path to the White House
Harry and Meghan?visit the 巨大（な）s of Africa charity at Ilupeju 上級の Grammar School on May 12, 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria. The trip last week has been branded both 王室の and 大統領の, and a 可能性のある springboard to high office
Step 1: 増加するd activism in the US after 'secret' visit to Uvalde
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, places flowers as she 嘆く／悼むs at a 一時しのぎの物，策 記念の outside Uvalde 郡 Courthouse in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022
専門家s believe that Meghan Markle's （選挙などの）運動をするing for a career in politics began when she turned up in Uvalde after 悲劇 struck.?
Ms Markle was spotted in May 2022 laying a bouquet of white roses at a 一時しのぎの物，策 記念の outside the Uvalde 郡 Courthouse, not far from the scene of the senseless 殺人s at Robb Elementary School.
She also stopped by an Uvalde community 中心 that is hosting a 血 運動, where she 小旅行するd the 施設 and 寄付するd food, a volunteer there told DailyMail.com. 'She did not want anybody to know who she was,' the person said.
But にもかかわらず her 外見 in Texas, 飛行機で行くing in from her home in California and 支援する again by 私的な jet, made headlines around the world.?
Meghan has not spoken 公然と on gun 所有権, but in 2015 was 引用するd in a 調書をとる／予約する as 存在 プロの／賛成の 支配（する）／統制するs.
Step 2: Support for women's and LGBT+ groups
Her pseudo-王室の 小旅行する to Nigeria last week, her 増加するing presence at Invictus events and her surprise 外見 in Uvalde all point to a foray into politics not 存在 over.
Meghan supporting the 収穫 Home charity in California
Harry and his wife kiss as she 現在のs his polo team with the トロフィー for winning the 2024 王室の Salute Polo Challenge to 利益 Sentebale
専門家s 予報する that if high office is her 目的（とする）, 増加するing public support for women's 権利s, 少数，小数派 groups and the LGBTQ+ communities must follow, and even taking over a 関係のある charity to show Americans that 'she can 現実に run something'.
Last year she spent International Women's Day supporting an organisation that helps expectant mothers and their children.?
While there is no 疑問ing her かかわり合い to women's 問題／発行するs, Professor?Christopher Phelps has said that women, in particular, are 重要な 投票者s to? 的, 特に for 民主党員s.
'The support and high 人出／投票者数 from women is 決定的な to the 民主党員s. Although Meghan has been a 声の 支持者 of them, they are no pushover', he said.
'She would also need to get support from 労働 groups and unions, women and 特に 黒人／ボイコット women 同様に as LGBT groups. There will be 競争相手s with long standing 関係s with them'.
But a 上級の political source told MailOnline that Meghan must do more.
'Why would the 部隊d 自動車 労働者s put boots on the ground for her? She hasn't done anything for them. 民主党員s are all grass roots and organising', they said.
Step 3: Ramp up Invictus 外見s
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex 抱擁する Team 部隊d Kingdom competitor Lisa Johnston at the Invictus Games in The Hague
A greater 役割 in the Invictus Games could also be 有益な for Meghan because of its support for 軍の heroes.??
The Duchess of Sussex may not have …を伴ってd Harry to the UK for the Invictus Games 周年記念日 event this week because she is afraid that she will be booed by the British public again, a 王室の 専門家 （人命などを）奪う，主張するd.
But she has been by her husband's 味方する at the Games themselves and very 手渡すs on in the build up to the first winter Invictus in Canada next year.
An insider said: 'Harry deserves a lot of credit for his Invictus Games and his work with 退役軍人s. Meghan's supported him and it 反映するs 井戸／弁護士席 on her too'.??
Step 4: More faux-王室の 小旅行するs of the world
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry 主張する that their trip to Nigeria was not a 王室の 小旅行する.?
But from the moment they stood for the British 国家の 国家 and …に出席するd red carpet events, many saw it 異なって.?
In fact, never mind faux-王室の, the final 脚 of Harry and Meghan's 小旅行する of Nigeria seemed decidedly 大統領の.
From the moment they touched 負かす／撃墜する in Lagos, the Duke and Duchess were 影をつくる／尾行するd White House-fashion by secret servicemen muttering into earpieces, 武装した police officers and scowling special 軍隊s 兵士s.
Not to について言及する their own, much smaller 安全 team ? and a smattering of anxious-looking 女性（の） 補佐官s in 転換 dresses and Adidas trainers who 追跡するd the Duchess.
Meghan smiles as she receives flowers during a sitting volleyball match in Abuja last Saturday?
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Lagos 明言する／公表する 知事's House in Nigeria last Sunday
Meghan and Harry were so delighted by the 歓迎会 they received on their trip to Nigeria that they are planning more quasi-王室の 小旅行するs, a source has （人命などを）奪う，主張するd.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the country for three days last week to 促進する mental health 率先s and the Invictus Games, the 冒険的な event Harry, 39, 設立するd for 負傷させるd 軍の 退役軍人s.
The couple visited a 地元の charity and met with 軍の leaders, 負傷させるd 兵士s and school children, all of whom welcomed them smiles and enthusiasm.
A California politico told MailOnline: 'It felt like the first the first major step に向かって Meghan becoming a stateswoman. Harry took a 支援する seat. He was her First Lady, so to speak'.
Step 5: Follow the?Trump playbook and take inspiration from Ronald Reagan
Donald Trump could be an ありそうもない inspiration to Meghan Markle - a woman he has 広範囲にわたって criticised.
Trump 首尾よく made the 移行 from 実業家 and TV 星／主役にする to the world's most powerful 政治家，政治屋 - using TV 外見s to 増加する his fame and discuss his politics.
And Meghan Markle was to make it to the White House, she wouldn't be the first California 星／主役にする to do it.
Reagan?was 知事 of California before he served as the 40th 大統領，／社長 of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs from 1981 to 1989. Arnold Schwarzenegger was also 知事.
'There is precedent for this with Ronald Reagan. It can be done. But it has to be more than a 指名する. There has to be a 見通し for the country. Americans will need 納得させるing and want to see the 政策s', Prof Phelps said.
Donald Trump was a famous 実業家 but he became a 全世界の superstar because of The 見習い工. 専門家s say this 壇・綱領・公約 helped him 空気／公表する his politics and get to the White House
US 大統領 Ronald Reagan (L) 迎える／歓迎するs Margaret Thatcher. Reagan went to 事実上の／代理 星／主役にする to the White House - after 存在 知事 of Californ ia
But the academic said there is a （疑いを）晴らす difference - the American public already knew where both actors stood on 政策.??
'Reagan had spent years on the speaking 回路・連盟 and had honed his message and ideology', he said.
Trump was a 世帯 指名する in America before his political career. But The 見習い工 made him famous around the world.
Prof Phelps said: 'There is no 疑問 that her 指名する brings 承認. But what Donald Trump did was to 保護する and cultivate his マスコミ image. He would 選ぶ up the phone to 新聞記者／雑誌記者s to 工場／植物 favourable stories in the 圧力（をかける）.
'He became a 世帯 指名する across America and the world because of his 役割 in the 見習い工. And then he was a 正規の／正選手 on Fox News talking politics.
'I don't think she needs a TV show - but she will need to tell the world what she stands for. Many Americans will wonder: Does Meghan have the experience? Has she 現実に ever sat on boards or run organisations?'
Step 6: Millionaires Meghan and Harry need to start fundraising (with a little help from rich friends)
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are not rich enough to 基金 a White House winning political （選挙などの）運動をする.
にもかかわらず living in a multi-million dollar mansion in Montecito, and having made a fortune from Netflix, Spotify and Spare - they need to get more cash.
The 深い pockets of friends such as Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry will help, if they are willing.?
The success of Meghan's American Riviera Orchard brand would also be 決定的な to 基金ing any （選挙などの）運動をする, as would Harry's own personal wealth.?
'You need to have very 深い pockets to support a politic al （選挙などの）運動をする. She will need support from the 寄贈者 class and for them to 供給する her with a （選挙などの）運動をする war chest',?Prof Phelps said.
The 深い pockets and profiles of?Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey could be needed.?The success of her American Riviera Orchard brand would also be 決定的な
'Both the left and 権利 also rely on smaller 寄付s from ardent 支持者s willing to give $25 of their own money to support a 政治家，政治屋. On its own it is not a large 量 of money - but it can 追加する up to millions of dollars'.
A source in California said that with the 開始する，打ち上げる of American Riviera Orchard the Duchess of Sussex is 'hedging her bets' between 商売／仕事 and politics -but it's an approach that will fail if she is not willing to do 'any hard yards'.?
'The whole point of climbing the political ladder is building a base and 連合 as you 前進する. So when it comes to running for 上院, you have political 資源s to draw on that puts an army out on 管区 walks, 裏書，是認s that carry a 選挙区／有権者, and influencers who can lock up those 裏書，是認s. 指名する 承認 and self-基金ing just isn't enough 99% of the time', the said.
Step 7: 得る，とらえる a 安全な democratic seat (but get ready for an almighty 戦う／戦い)
Prof Phelps believes that Meghan might consider an elected 役割 at a 郡 or city level 'beneath her'.?
With a 安全な seat in the 衆議院 or perhaps the 上院 the likeliest 大勝する to Washington before a 攻撃する at the 大統領／総裁などの地位 could be possible.
It has been long 報告（する）／憶測d that 確認するd Meghan, with Harry, has been '網状組織ing の中で 上級の 民主党員s' with a 見解（をとる） to building a grass roots （選挙などの）運動をする.
Last year Meghan was touted as a 候補者 to fill Californian 上院議員 Dianne Feinstein's 安全な seat after she died 老年の 90.
Rumours were abound that she and Prince Harry 報道によれば held a 事実上の hour-long 会合 with the 明言する／公表する's 自由主義の 知事 Gavin Newsom - but he 選ぶd another candi date.
AMeghan (centre, with Prince Harry, left) has 報道によれば been '網状組織ing の中で 上級の 民主党員s' with a 見解（をとる） to building a grass roots （選挙などの）運動をする to 燃料 her political ambitions - with 憶測 the US 大統領／総裁などの地位 her ultimate 目的（とする）
Prof Phelps said: 'There are plenty of 安全な seats for 民主党員s in California - but getting the 指名／任命 itself can be hard.
'競争相手s, many who have 献身的な their lives to the party, are not going to say: "Oh 井戸／弁護士席 it's Meghan Markle so I will stand aside".'
A 上級の political source said it will be hard for Meghan. But if she gets through then the sky is the 限界.
But they 警告するd that there is a 薄暗い 見解（をとる） of her in Joe Biden's pa rty because she 'hasn't done anything' and isn't willing to '汚職，収賄'.
'I just don't see a path to jumping the 列.? I see it all the time - they don't want to run for city 会議, and then move up the political ladder. They think they can go straight in at the 最高の，を越す. It 作品 about 1 per cent of the time', they said.
The source 追加するd:?'She'll get killed [off] by savvy politicos who've done the hard yards'.
Step 8: 安全な・保証する 裏書，是認 by party grandee (but the Obamas may not be keen)
Meghan and her team would also need to 得る，とらえる a big-指名する 裏書，是認 that could 安全な・保証する her a 安全な 上院 seat and catapult her に向かって Washington.
The Obamas have been 見解（をとる）d as the ideal people to do it - but にもかかわらず Barack supporting Harry and Invictus - their 関係 appears to have 冷静な／正味のd.?
In 2021 it was 報告（する）／憶測d that Meghan Markle '猛烈に 手配中の，お尋ね者' to …に出席する Barack Obama's 60th birthday party but was not 含むd on the guest 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not …に出席する the lavish do thrown by the former US 大統領，／社長 at his seven-bedroom £8million holiday home in Martha's Vineyard.?
Barack Obama and Meghan Markle (簡潔に) 会合，会う in London
Prince Harry watches the 車椅子 Basketball 決勝戦 with Barack Obama at the Invictus Games 2017 in Canada?
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Meghan's friend CBS This Morning host Gayle King, George Clooney and Jay-Z and Beyonc? all did.
But によれば 王室の 専門家 and author Angela Levin, who wrote Harry: Biography of a Prince, it is thought that Barack and Michelle never 含むd Harry and Meghan on the 475 strong guest-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）.
If the Obamas didn't 支援する the 企て，努力，提案 - another 可能性 could be grandee Nancy Pelosi.
Meghan wrote an open letter to Pelosi and then 上院 大多数 Leader Chuck Schumer to argue for fairer paid parental leave.
'At an alar ming 率, millions of women dropped out of the 全労働人口, staying home with their kids as schools and daycares were の近くにd, and looking after loved ones 十分な-time. The working mom or parent is 直面するing the 衝突 of 存在 現在の or 存在 paid. The sacrifice of either comes at a 広大な／多数の／重要な cost', Meghan wrote.
But it 現れるd in 2022 that members of Pelosi's office 'laughed' at the suggestion Meghan could make it in politics.??
Step 9: Harry MUST become an American 国民 if Meghan wants to be 大統領
The Duke of Sussex?said to ABC in Whistler recently he has 'considered' becoming a US 国民, and said he is 'loving every 選び出す／独身 day' of his life in California wi th Meghan Markle. 専門家s believe he must do it if she is to enter politics
Melania Trump, born in Slovenia, became a naturalised American 国民.
If Meghan were to 反抗する the 半端物s, Harry would have to become an American 国民 if his wife was serious about making it to the White House.
Professor Christopher Phelps said Meghan would have no 信用性 if he didn't give up his British 市民権.
'It would be a 広大な／多数の／重要な story. The British prince who loved her so much he gave up his British 市民権 to become an American. There would be no 必要物／必要条件 for him to do it - but he would have to if she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to have any 信用性', he said.
Melania Trump was born outside the US ? only the second First Lady in this position after Louisa Adams, the British-born wife of John Quincy Adams, America's sixth 大統領，／社長 between 1825 and 1829.
Melania, born in Slovenia, bec ame a naturalised American 国民.
