Michael Bloomberg announced on Sunday that he was running for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 US presidential election. The 77-year-old billionaire served as mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013.
“I am a presidential candidate to beat Donald Trump and rebuild America,” Bloomberg said on his website. The billionaire had multiplied in recent weeks the preparations for his expected candidacy, registering in particular Thursday with the federal electoral commission.
‘We cannot afford four more years of immoral and thoughtless action on the part of Donald Trump,’ he said. ‘He represents an existential threat to our country and our values. If he wins another term, we may never get over it. ‘
Ninth fortune in the world according to Forbes, Mike Bloomberg on Sunday launched a campaign of television commercials for a record amount of 31 million dollars.
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