Posted on 01/26/2019 8:02:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
A billionaire GOP investor said he is considering backing a Republican opponent to President Trump if a credible candidate emerges during the 2020 GOP primary.
Stanley Druckenmiller told The New York Times that he would consider donating to an alternative to the president in a GOP primary if he thought a challenger would have a chance against Trump.
“If I thought such a candidate would be a good president and had a realistic chance of securing the nomination, yes, of course [I would donate,]" he told the Times.
Druckenmiller most recently supported Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) during the 2016 primary, donating thousands of dollars to super PACs supporting both men, according to FEC filings compiled by CampaignMoney.com
The billionaire did not monetarily support the Trump campaign in 2016, according to FEC filings, instead supporting a number of Republican Senate campaigns including Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio).
Druckenmiller's statements come as the Republican Party issued a rare declaration of support for Trump's campaign this week ahead of the 2020 primary, a move that is largely symbolic but could serve to quell any high-profile challenges from the GOP against the president.
The resolution adopted this week at the RNC's winter meeting declared the party's “undivided support for President Donald J. Trump and his effective Presidency" ahead of the 2020 election.
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In 1988, he was hired by George Soros to replace Victor Niederhoffer at Quantum Fund. He and Soros famously “broke the Bank of England” when they shorted British pound sterling in 1992, reputedly making more than $1 billion in profits.
Per wiki...
Well, last time sixteen primary challengers could not beat Trump....2020 is going to be interesting.
Kasich? Genius move. Gopher it.
If Drunkenmiller wants to back me as a primary opponent of Trump and blow couple of million I’m game.
A billionaire so Fukuing stupid as to support an embarrassing idjit like kasuck!???? My lord, maybe the commie Dimocraps are right about confiscating billuonaires’ $$$? Let’s see if the puppets dare grab their puppetmeister’s filthy lucre too? ( soroznazi)
Druckenmiller...????
More like DrunkenMueller.
Druckenmiller most recently supported Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) during the 2016 primary
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So he wants to continue his winning streak....
Starting to think that if a person has more than a billion in assets then they should be barred from any participation whatsoever in the political system.
These guys deliberately throw the world into chaos for profit and power. Personally I’ve had enough of billionaires for one lifetime. Something is seriously mentally wrong with a person who doesn’t voluntarily stop accumulating capital well before they get to that billion dollar mark. They become a danger to humanity.
From Wikipedia:
“From 1988 to 2000, he managed money for George Soros as the lead portfolio manager for Quantum Fund.[3] He is reported to have made $260 million in 2008.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Druckenmiller
AOC is right about taxing billionaires
I’m with AOC - tax the billionaires
Please clap.
I expect a Third Party to pop up. Another Ross Perot situation.
He supported Kasich? Tell me more about how this genius became a billionaire. Maybe he inherited it from his daddy,
He colluded with Soros.
Pronounced “yeb”!
Where does soros live, and/or why is he not arrested for sedition?
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