Mike Bloomberg Has "Made A Decision To Serve His Country," A Former Bush Treasury Secretary

[Autumn]

Said In China

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/mike-bloomberg-2020-decision-china

"My good friend Mike Bloomberg asked my good friend Henry Kissinger and me to represent him here today because ... he's made a decision to serve his country," said Paulson, who served at the end of George W. Bush's presidency.

The forum, which Bloomberg was originally slated to attend but backed out of at the last minute, is an exclusive gathering at a resort north of Beijing. Paulson was preceded by Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan.

The forum represents the limping globalist wing of the global political conversation — the presence of both Paulson, a former Goldman Sachs CEO, and Kissinger, a former secretary of state, spoke to that. Wang, echoing the themes of the conference, warned against the threats of protectionism, unilateralism, and populism.

On a panel on "staving off class warfare," Bloomberg's adviser and wealth manager Steven Rattner argued that the government's top priority should be "addressing the state of the average worker." If they don't, "we are going to have populism, it's going to take down capitalism, and it's all going to be worse off," he said.

[tiredtoo]

1. IMHO

Bloomberg is a DINO.
Vote Blue No Matter Who!

[jalan48]

2. And here I thought he made a decision to serve his wallet.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. "staving off class warfare"

It's not class warfare when they pay you less than you produce for them, but it is class warfare if you don't like it.

[7wo7rees]

8. Stave like your life depends on it.

[TDale313]

4. He's bringing in Kissinger?

I find that even more concerning than Paulson, tbh.

[Autumn]

5. I think he spoke there? He donated $40 million for a policy institute named in honor of Kissinger.

The Henry A. Kissinger Institute for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University.
https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/bloomberg-gives-lead-gift-for-johns-hopkins-kissinger-institute

they seem to be friends.

Link to tweet

?lang=en

[TDale313]

6. I'll never not find Dems embracing Kissinger strange. n/t

[BeckyDem]

7. Ugh.