Posted on 06/21/2017 4:52:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(NEW YORK) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said America should “get behind” President Trump because “the public has spoken – whether you like the results or not” during an appearance on ABC’s The View.
Bloomberg said that opposing a president just because they are aligned with the opposing party is the wrong approach. He referenced a 2010 interview with the National Journal in which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”
“That’s my country, that’s my kids and grandkids,” Bloomberg said of his reaction to McConnell’s statements. “You have to make it work! We have an election. Whoever wins, you got to get behind.”
“He’s our president and we need this country to be run well. I didn’t vote for him,” Bloomberg added. “Let’s just all hope that Donald Trump is a good president of the United States.”
The businessman and philanthropist also said Americans should direct their energy toward changing the outcome of the next election rather than fighting with the current administration.
Bloomberg said people in other countries “try to tear down the government and have a revolution” when their candidate doesn’t win, but Americans should be more strategic.
“We should sit back and say, four years from now, how do I get my woman or man elected? And that’s very different,” he said.
But Bloomberg said people should still fight back against policies they don’t agree with.
“You can protest. You can elect other officials, write letters, make phone calls,” Bloomberg explained. “But in the end, the public has spoken — whether you like the results or not.”
Bloomberg joked that Trump also had “a little help from the Russians” in the 2016 election.
As for whether the results of Tuesday’s special election in Georgia have serious implications for the future of the Democratic Party, Bloomberg warned people not to read too much into it.
But he said “one thing” the congressional race won by Republican Karen Handel did show was that “all the money in the world can’t buy an election.”
“The public is a lot smarter than people give them credit for,” Bloomberg said.
In the end, he said it was Trump’s “Make America Great Again” message that resonated with voters.
“I don’t know what the ‘again’ means,” Bloomberg added. “[Because] we’re better today than we have ever been. Still, that’s the key.”
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
The Russians got to him.
Just a new strategy.
Yeah no kidding. I listen to Bloomberg all the time for business and because I follow the stock market carefully and there is literally no news source more variant Lee against Trump Ben Bloomberg his commentators are fiendishly against Trump and they insulting at every opportunity.
“Virulently”)
Most of America IS and has been behind our president for months now. It’s primarily the republicans in Congress that somehow think they need to play the role of loyal opposition.
I still don’t trust a word that a liberal utters. Even if it is I “Surrender.”
Well, it took him 8 years but he worked as hard as a quarter term prez.
Send this to Paul Rino
Words of wisdom for Paul Rino
He wants something
No it didn’t. There are plenty of wiggle room qualifiers.
Wow!
No kidding, hell must have frozen over also.
Thanks Mike. Now go kill yourself.
We are seeing the reality of the power of the presidency.
The Bloomberg commentators are rabidly and mindlessly anti-Trump. Maybe he should have a talk with those people — or fire them and hire more that are even-handed or even supportive of the President.
I was thinking a cow jumped over the moon
You're so right.
I don’t trust Bloomberg or any other Democrat they’re all scum
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.