Michael Bloomberg warned that President Trump has good standing in the 2020 race, and inexperienced candidates don’t stand a chance against him.
“I think Trump is getting stronger, and I think he would just eat alive the candidates,” Bloomberg said in a CNN interview on Tuesday. “Because they don’t have plans that I think are practical, that can be implemented. They don’t have management experience, and the president’s job is a management job.”
“This is not a job where you take training wheels, this is the future of the world,” Bloomberg said. “And you need people with experience.”
Bloomberg, 77, launched a Democratic primary campaign in late November after previously ruling out a presidential bid because he thought the field did not have an experienced, moderate candidate well-positioned to win against Trump in 2020. He is skipping the first four state nominating contests and will instead focus on campaigning in delegate-rich March 3 “Super Tuesday” states and beyond.
The former New York mayor and billionaire businessman has spent nearly $100 million in television advertisements in just over two weeks of being a candidate. His late entry drew criticism from rival candidates like Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who accused him of trying to buy the Democratic presidential nomination.
Bloomberg declined to distinguish his Oval Office policy plans from that of former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner in the race and a more moderate candidate in the field.
“I don’t know what he’s going to do,” he said. “I can’t tell you what I would do if elected,” he said.
Bloomberg added in the interview, which aired on the day that House Democrats announced articles of impeachment against Trump, that he would vote in favor of impeaching the president.
“I think it is very sad for this country that I can say the following, but unfortunately, the evidence seems to be serious enough that I would, if I was in the Senate — or, the House — I would vote for impeachment,” Bloomberg said. “But I don’t think we should do this lightly. I think it’s a great danger to influence the political process. Fundamentally I think the electorate should decide who they’re led by, and they have an opportunity to throw him out every four years.”
