郭臺銘喺1970年加入中國國民黨。2000年國民黨辦理黨員重新登記時，黨部並未通知郭臺銘辦理。2012年中華民國總統選舉期間，郭臺銘力挺馬英九連任總統，且稱佢係「富有經驗、傑出嘅舵手」。2014年5月，郭臺銘曾表示「去做應該做嘅事情，並唔係為了任何嘅權欲，且最不值得做嘅職位就是總統」、「做總統絕對是害人的位置，所以不要害我」。2016年11月，媒體廣泛報導推測郭臺銘因好友川普當選美國總統，考慮參選2020年中華民國總統選舉，2017年亦有相關報導提及。2018年7月16日，郭臺銘接受鳳凰衛視嘅專訪時表示對於參選總統「百萬分之一嘅意願基本上都冇」。
Mr. Gou joined the Chinese Kuomintang in 1970. In 2000, when the Kuomintang handled the re-registration of party members, the party headquarters did not notify Guo Taiming to handle it. During the 2012 The President of the Republic of China election, Gou strongly supported Ma Ying-jeou's re-election as president, calling him "an experienced and outstanding helmsman". In May 2014, Terry Gou once said, "To do what should be done, not for any desire for power, and the most unworthy position is the president", "Being president is definitely a harmful position, so don't harm me". In November 2016, the media widely reported that Terry Gou was elected president of United States because of his friend Trump and considered running for the 2020 presidential election of The President of the Republic of China, which was also mentioned in related reports in 2017. On July 16, 2018, in an exclusive interview with Phoenix Satellite TV, Terry Gou said that he had "basically no intention of one in a million" to run for president.