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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon Feb 25, 2019, 09:44 AM Feb 2019

Warren Buffett: I would support Mike Bloomberg for president if he announced tomorrow

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Matthew J. Belvedere
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Warren Buffett says he would support fellow billionaire and former three-term New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg for president.

Bloomberg is seen as a possible 2020 candidate. Earlier this year, Bloomberg switched from being an independent to a Democrat.

Buffett says he’s never been a card-carrying Democrat, pointing out that he’s voted for both Democratic and GOP candidates over the years.

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett told CNBC Monday that he would support fellow billionaire and former three-term New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg for president.

“If Mike Bloomberg announced tomorrow that he was a candidate, I would say I’m for him,” said Buffett, appearing on “Squawk Box, ” in an interview with Becky Quick from Omaha, Nebraska. “I think he would be a very good president.”

Buffett said he’s never been a card-carrying Democrat, pointing out that he’s voted for both Democratic candidates and Republican candidates over the years. He said neither party has an edge on virtue.

Buffett said, without elaborating, that Bloomberg and he disagree on somethings.

However, he added, “I think that he knows how to run things. I think he’s got the right goals for America. He understands people. He understands the market system. And he understands the problems of people” not in the market.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/warren-buffett-i-would-support-mike-bloomberg-for-president-if-he-announced-tomorrow.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Warren Buffett: I would support Mike Bloomberg for president if he announced tomorrow (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2019 OP

Bloomberg could be an excellent option underpants Feb 2019 #1

No, for sure he would 'reform' social security. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #3

Just what we need. More austerity. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #7

Of course I'd rather not MontanaFarmer Feb 2019 #2

I would vote for anyone over Trump the terrible. Demsrule86 Feb 2019 #4

Thanks, but no thanks. nt GemDigger Feb 2019 #5

That's gonna be prredlin Feb 2019 #6

underpants

(182,826 posts)

1. Bloomberg could be an excellent option

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 09:45 AM

Feb 2019

Just leaving that here

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Demsrule86

(68,582 posts)

3. No, for sure he would 'reform' social security.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 11:52 AM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)

7. Just what we need. More austerity.

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 2, 2019, 09:27 AM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

MontanaFarmer

(630 posts)

2. Of course I'd rather not

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 09:50 AM

Feb 2019

with all of our great choices in the field, but I'd be happy to vote for him over trump. I think we'd see a meaningful attempt on climate, and on health care, but i'm under the impression he's not going to go deep into the pockets of our American reservoirs of wealth and pull that money back into the system (just a guess). Again, though, against trump? All day long.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden