"I am a presidential candidate to beat Donald Trump and rebuild America." Michael Bloomberg launches into the race for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 US presidential election. He launches late, and will even skip the first states to vote to focus on the most important. And to win in the crowd of Democratic candidates already campaigning for months, he will use his immense fortune. The explanations of our correspondent in the United States.
Seveny-year-old New York billionaire vs. a 70-year-old New York billionaire
To catch up, Michael Bloomberg releases heavy artillery: the dollar gun. In a week, the billionaire will spend more than all other Democratic candidates this year: $ 30 million to flood the US viewers with a video clip, a video summarizing the life of Michael Bloomberg: childhood in a family middle class, construction of a media empire, three mandates of mayor of New York ... in short, "a job creator, a leader".
I'm running for president Donald Trump and rebuild America.
I believe my unique set of experiences in business, government, and philanthropy will enable me to win and lead.
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His opponents accuse him of wanting to "buy" the election with his huge fortune, the ninth in the world according to Forbes magazine. But if Michael Bloomberg starts, he thinks that no one in the Democrats can beat Donald Trump. The favorite, Joe Biden, makes a bad campaign, and the others, according to him, are too left or too weak. His clip is explicit: only Michael Bloomberg can do battle with Donald Trump. A New York billionaire septuagenarian against a New York billionaire septuagenarian.