Warren Buffett: I would support Mike Bloomberg for president if he announced tomorrow [View all]

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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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