No one can ever truly know what motivates someone to run for president, but to hear newly minted Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg make the case, his prime objective is to stop Donald Trump from being re-elected.
“If President Trump wins another term in office, we may never recover from the damage that he can do,” the former New York mayor and media billionaire said during his November 25 announcement. “The stakes could not be higher. We must win this election.” Trump, he went on, is “an existential threat to our country.”
Bloomberg's tens of millions already spent in support of Democratic congressional candidates and on gun control and clean energy advocacy were already enough to prove his sincerity about stopping a right-wing agenda. The more than $100 million that he's committed to spending on staffing and advertising for his campaign is proof that he's taking his latest project seriously as well.
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