HRH Michael Bloomberg willing to spend $2 billion to defeat Trump

Posted by freedomforall 5 years, 3 months ago to Politics
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"The eighth richest man in America has long resented Trump and Bloomberg's contempt only grew after 2016 when he backed Hillary Clinton's failed campaign.

Bloomberg, according to the Fox News report, will also throw the two billion behind whichever Democrat faces Trump in November should he fail to win the nomination.

The former New York mayor - worth an estimated $53 billion versus Trump's $10 billion."

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  • Posted by Rex_Little 5 years, 3 months ago
    I'm guessing that for considerably less than $2 billion, Bloomberg can arrange for a nudge to the economy that will bust the bubble it's in and send it crashing. If it's timed right--say, midsummer--the resulting recession should kill Trump's chances, just as it did to Bush I (if you recall, he looked unbeatable at this time in 1992).
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  • Posted by evlwhtguy 5 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "You could easily end up with Bernie Sanders, who I think is exactly the same as Trump" I actually don't understand how you get that? Bernie wants to control us ...for our own good....Hell, one of his campaign officials actually talked about Gulags for some of us. Trump just wants all of us to be able to do our own thing.
    Trump loves himself....I suspect Bernie hates himself....along with the rest of us.....the two are totally different.
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Bloomberg is an ass with terrible judgment to want to blow $2b to get rid of Trump. He would make a terrible president. Remember he gets involved in stupid things like trying to outlaw >32 oz soda pop. We dont need stupidity at the helm of our country.

    You may think Trump is a clown, and you are entitled to prefer Bloomberg. Its a free country. I would suggest you look at what Trump has done in practical terms for the country, forget what you regard as clownish behavior (whatever that is, actually). Making America Great Again is certainly not a bad thing.
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  • Posted by evlwhtguy 5 years, 3 months ago
    It will be 2 Billion down a rat hole. Bloomberg may have more money.....but Trump has something more valuable....actual voters.
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Liberals should kick in their money to fund their give away programs. Until they do that, they shouldnt try to get ME to contribute.
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hildebeast is done as a candidate, IMHO. She is intrinsically a terrible candidate, crooked as the day is long with a pasted on smile hiding a vicious beast underneath. People see it and walk away from her.
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The elevator doesnt go all the way to the top with Bloomberg. It will be a battle, thats for sure.
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  • Posted by term2 5 years, 3 months ago
    Senility apparently reigns supreme with Bloomberg. After all that work to make the money, he wastes it on trying to destroy the best president we have had in a LONG time. Bloomberg certainly doesnt deserve to be elected as president for the simple reason he has terrible judgment.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 5 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Just curious, but what about him makes you think he'd be a great president?

    And another claim you make (which probably got you the downvotes) is comparing Bernie to Trump. I'm not sure where you get that at all...
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  • Posted by $ blarman 5 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I dunno. It was an awfully close race that she could have won if she were a better candidate. Given Trump's record now, however, I don't think she stands a chance. She'd be better off waiting to run against Cruz in 2024. (And hopefully her health will prevent that.)
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    Posted by CircuitGuy 5 years, 3 months ago
    I've admired him since I read his autobiography over 20 years ago. I'm surprised his business kept growing even after so much changed since he started it by making computers designed specifically for the finance world. I don't agree with him on everything, but I think he'd make a great US president.

    I would be interested to hear his reason for being willing to spend so much money on politics beyond his own campaign. Is it to increase his family's access and influence in gov't? Or does he really think it's that important. I won't know without the perspective of time, but I think Trump is a symptom not a problem. You spend $2 billion to elect someone else, only to find that person becomes just as clownish as Trump, maybe actually dangerous because the next person's authoritarian impulses may not be tempered by his incompetence.

    I am not pessimistic overall, but I absolutely do not think one person is the problem. You could easily end up with Bernie Sanders, who I think is exactly the same as Trump. We're in big trouble if the next person can but a friendly American face on authoritarianism, tribalism, and resentment and sell it to more broadly.
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  • Posted by exceller 5 years, 3 months ago
    The elite still have not learned that money will not a president make.

    Clinton had a huge was chest that mattered zilch when it came to votes.

    Of course if Bloomberg reaches for illegal means such as buying votes or arranging for "canvassing", that is a different matter.

    I'd hate to speculate he has that in mind...🙀
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 5 years, 3 months ago
    If you are a multi-billionaire political nothing burger with two billion to blow then--blow it.
    But me dino can think of better ways for the eighth richest man in America to bag an extra 15 minutes of fame.
    With two billion you could house a lot of the homeless with working toilets and at least pay their water bills while they pop their pills.
    That alone would provide a public service to the sidewalk pedestrians who actually work in certain cities.
    I mean, why should hard for the money workers have their incomes looted to pay for such as that?
    Are you listening Piglosi? Me dino knows all about that FENCED-IN mansion you use to take refuge from that doo-doo dump for a neighborhood that surrounds you.
    Just like Mad Maxine. Don't get me started about the personal armed security.
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