Do you know who’s the latest person that is reported to run for presidency?
Michael Bloomberg has been secretly eyeing to run for the presidency.
However, no one has confirmed it yet.
He is still making his options open. Bloomberg’s adviser made a statement on Thursday evening “Mike believes that Donald Trump represents an unprecedented threat to our nation.”
In the 2018 election, Mike spent over $100 million just to make sure that the Democrats congress can make the president accountable.
In the current year, he is one of the reasons why Democrats won control in the houses of the legislature in the state of Virginia. Bloomberg believes that the current candidates are not positioned to defeat Trump.
The advisor furthermore added that Mike would be able to fight Trump and actually win. “Based on his record of accomplishments, leadership, and ability to bring people together to drive change”
Could Michael Bloomberg really win?
Michael Bloomberg’s dough has been poured too many Democratic issues in the past for climate change and the gun control policies. He garnered a lot of praises from activists.
He funds the Moms Demand Action, a gun-control advocacy group. Bloomberg decreased the murder rate without any violations of the civil rights with his stop-and-frisk policy during his mayoralty position.
In 2018, he had re-register as a Democrat. A notion that he has an interest in running as a presidential candidate.
According to Mike’s Instagram post, “Today, I have re=registered as a Democrat.”
He added that he had been a Democrat for most of his life.
“Democrats to provide the checks and balance our nation so badly needs.”
Bloomberg vs. Trump
It is not a secret that Bloomberg doesn’t like Trump.
He had quite some opposition against him and his policies since 2016 and even calling him a “dangerous demagogue.”
In March, Mike wrote, “I believe I would defeat Donald Trump in a general election,” he added, “But I am clear-eyed about the difficulty of winning the Democratic nomination in such a crowded field.”
Mike has similar ideologies like Biden and Buttigieg. However, these could come out not in favor of these men as this would divide their voters.
The Democrats have been focusing on who to nominate as the best candidate to defeat the current president. Biden would be Mike’s most potent rival.
A Biden supporter and a Democratic fundraiser, Jon Cooper, mentioned, “I still believe Biden is best positioned to defeat Trump. I’m sure Bloomberg fears that Warren or Sanders might prevail in the primary and then end up losing to Trump.”
Michael Bloomberg is a 77-year-old businessman, author, and former New York Mayor. He is considered to be the 9th most precious person in the county and 14th most productive around the world.
Another billionaire and a former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, is also considering of running for a presidential bid in 2020.
It is reported that he will run against Trump, a billionaire.
Another billionaire who wanted to jump over was Tom Steyer, spending millions in advertising but failed to get in.
