Nothing unites Democrats more than drawing Trump’s ire; in Democratic politics, ‘Trump’s enemy is our friend.’
thehill.com
Michael Bloomberg, still a long shot to win the Democratic presidential nomination, has an important booster: Donald J. Trump.
The billionaire former New York City mayor is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on his effort and attacking the president.
He may be replacing
Joe Biden as the top target of Trump's tweet attacks — and that would be welcome news for Bloomberg. There is nothing that unites Democrats more than drawing Trump's ire; in Democratic politics, ‘Trump’s enemy is our friend.’
There could be a parallel to 1966 when Richard M. Nixon, a former Vice President and failed gubernatorial candidate, was considered a has-been. Then his presidential bid got a big boost when he was attacked by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson, paving the way for his nomination and election.
Trump now is assailing the Democratic candidate as "
Mini Mike" — one of his more feeble insults — and charging, without merit, that Bloomberg has "personal problems." He went
ballistic over a
Bloomberg ad assailing the administration on health care, especially threatening protections for people with pre-existing conditions.