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Battle of the billionaires brewing? Trump could meet his match in 2020
Faux News ^ | December 24, 2018 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 12/24/2018 10:19:36 AM PST by Navy Patriot

Donald Trump is the richest president in U.S. history – but as he gears up for a re-election campaign, the real estate magnate could end up facing off against someone even wealthier.

The budding 2020 field of potential challengers includes no fewer than four fellow billionaires.

The wealthiest of the pack, by far, is former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The media mogul and gun control advocate’s net worth is estimated at nearly $52 billion, according to the latest Forbes 400 Richest Americans list.

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Super-rich potential candidates all hinting at bids to topple Trump in 2020

What better endorsement could President Donald J. Trump have than all the American super wealthy elite Rich Guys want him out.

1 posted on 12/24/2018 10:19:36 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

They think we voted for Trump because he’s a billionaire.

Boy, do they have a surprise coming.


2 posted on 12/24/2018 10:22:39 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I voted for him because he acts more like an everyday guy than any other candidate I have ever seen.


3 posted on 12/24/2018 10:26:24 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Navy Patriot
"The wealthiest of the pack, by far, is former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg."

If Bloomberg thinks he can buy his way to win the hearts and minds of the vast numbers of middle Americans who cling to their God and guns, let him try. The only folks who will vote for him are the ones already lined up for the Democrats.

4 posted on 12/24/2018 10:27:37 AM PST by wmileo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Boy, do they have a surprise coming.

Amen.

5 posted on 12/24/2018 10:29:10 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
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To: shelterguy

I voted for him because all the enemies of America hate him.


6 posted on 12/24/2018 10:31:13 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: shelterguy
I voted for him because he acts more like an everyday guy than any other candidate I have ever seen.

I voted for him because he acts more like an everyday guy than any other candidate I have ever voted for.

7 posted on 12/24/2018 10:31:35 AM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 frm 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Michael Bloomberg had a SUV kept running with the a/c on while he was in meetings. He did this so he did not get too warm in the hot humid weather. When the news media called him on this as Michael Bloomberg is one of the climate nuts he then had a portable a/c unit on a custom built rig that would roll up to the side window of the now powered off SUV and cool it. How was that done? By a long extension cord to the building he was having his meeting in......

Mayor Bloomberg attaches home AC unit to car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vJWHMlHHg

Environmental Warrior’ Mayor Bloomberg cools his SUV with a wall unit AC
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165728/Environmental-Warrior-Mayor-Bloomberg-cools-SUV-wall-unit-AC.html


8 posted on 12/24/2018 10:32:12 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Navy Patriot

Good. Come out of the woodwork so we can see who is behind the scenes working against the people. Then, later, we can find you and hang you.


9 posted on 12/24/2018 10:32:36 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Boy, do they have a surprise coming.”

Maybe. He could finance a lot of cheating.


10 posted on 12/24/2018 10:33:28 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Navy Patriot
Bloomberg is closer to 80 than 70. He may run but not have the energy to get very far.

Mark Cuban is too strange and unpredictable and reminds people too much of Gomer Pyle.

Howard Schultz isn't very well known: if he had any charisma at all, wouldn't he have made an impression on anybody by now?

Tom Steyer will probably run. He will not get anywhere. But it will be entertaining.

Bottom line: Enough Democrats will vote for an old white guy to give him the nomination, but the more old white guys run the more they split the vote and make it less likely that one of them could win.

11 posted on 12/24/2018 10:34:41 AM PST by x
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To: Navy Patriot

Bloomberg, Steyer... neither have a snowball’s chance to get anywhere in 2020.


12 posted on 12/24/2018 10:35:55 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Bunch of old white men. LOL!


13 posted on 12/24/2018 10:36:15 AM PST by Missouri gal
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Bring em on
Trump will destroy any of em


14 posted on 12/24/2018 10:41:15 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Navy Patriot
I heard that Nannie bloomers looks up to Trump. Then again he looks up to just about everyone. Ta da boom! 😹😹😹 Merry Christmas.
15 posted on 12/24/2018 10:41:27 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Navy Patriot

The following is something I posted from time to time in the run up to the 2016 election.

No one on the other side can claim anything even close to this.


As someone about Trump’s age, I find it easy to believe his explanation as to why he’s running.

I’ve agonized over the America we are leaving for my own children and grandchildren to live in and raise their families in. Most Freepers here probably feel the same way.

America hardly resembles the one I grew up in. It’s but a shadow of its former self, with freedoms, successes, with respect from our friends, and fear of us by our enemies, all but non-existent.

Trump said he was running so that his family wouldn’t look at him, knowing he could have fixed it, but didn’t.

His own story of building the Trump Organization shows that he knows how to build great empires. Now he wants to make all of America great again.

I think we are but the lucky side beneficiaries.


16 posted on 12/24/2018 10:43:04 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Because money alone wins Presidential elections. Just ask President Perot and President Forbes.


17 posted on 12/24/2018 10:43:08 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Navy Patriot

Yeah sure; go away dummies.


18 posted on 12/24/2018 10:43:36 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberal is lies.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Nanny Bloombug?!

Will he be borrowing Tiny Tom Daschle’s step stool...?


19 posted on 12/24/2018 10:48:23 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Navy Patriot

I hope Bloomberg runs. He’ll lose of course.


20 posted on 12/24/2018 10:48:52 AM PST by Brilliant
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