Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Sunday warmly welcomes a mooted run for the White House by Michael Bloomberg, saying he would “love” to go up against the fellow billionaire and former New York mayor.
Trump, speaking by phone to CBS News a week before the Iowa caucuses, says: “I would love it. I know Michael very well, I’d love to compete against Michael.”
Trump, 69, a real-estate mogul and onetime reality TV star, says that Bloomberg “might very well get in the race.”
“He’s very opposite on me with guns and he’s opposite on pro-life and he’s opposite on a lot of things,” he says, speaking to the CBS News program “Face the Nation.”
“And Michael’s been a friend of mine over the years — perhaps we’re not friends anymore. You know, he’s wanted to do this for a long time and he never pulled the trigger.”
— AFP
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Dordt College, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
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