The war of words has escalated between billionaire billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who is seeking to be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, and billionaire Republican candidate Donald Trump, both of whom used derogatory terms against his opponent.
The American president, who aspires to win a second term in the November elections, escalated his attack against the former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, by calling him "Mini Mike" in reference to his short stature.
"Minnie Mike is a loser who has money but he is not fluent in debate and has no presence, you will see," Trump said in a tweet on Thursday.
He added in another tweet, "Mini Mike is a block of dead energy that is 1,63 meters long and does not want to climb on the podium with professional politicians."
On Tuesday, Trump accused Bloomberg of being a racist, and this came in the context of re-publishing a clip of an audiotape dating back to 2015 in which the former mayor of New York justified his policy on security oversight, which then sparked controversy over its focus on minorities.
Although Bloomberg defended this policy at length, he apologized for it last November, that is, shortly before he launched his election campaign inside the Democratic Party.
Thursday Bloomberg, one of the world's wealthiest people, responded via a tweet attacking Donald Trump.
"We share a lot of people in New York," he said, heading to him. They make fun of you in your absence and call you the crazy carnival clown. They know that you have squandered the wealth you inherited in stupid deals and because of the inefficiency. ” "I have the experience and resources to defeat you, and I'll defeat you."
This comes with the rise of Bloomberg star in polls, after he broke all records of presidential campaigns, as he spent more than 260 million dollars.
And among the national polls, it ranks him third in the Democratic primary, behind Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Gradually, Michael Bloomberg is also turning into a target for his Democratic opponents who accuse him of "buying elections".
The billionaire chose not to participate in the first four rounds of the primary in the Democratic Party, which produces a small number of delegates who will participate in the conference in July to choose the party's candidate.
Bloomberg is currently focusing on 14 states that will vote on "Big Tuesday" on March 3, including Texas and California, which elect the largest number of delegates.