I’m not sure Bloomberg would be an improvement over Trump.
Same kind of douchebag, different flavor.
I'm not a huge Bloomberg supporter, but to contrast:
<Trump inherited $200-300mil in Real Estate holdings and turned that into $1 Bil in Real Estate holdings over 30 years.
>Bloomberg's dad was a bookkeeper, Bloomberg earned a degree in electrical engineering and a Harvard MBA before going to Wall Street where he rose up and ended up leaving to do his own thing. Amassing a fortune of more than $30 Billion, starting with zero.
<Trump has spent his career making money off of his name and some real estate, and failing at most other business ventures. He is also a reality TV star.
>Bloomberg revolutionized the field of business information, founded successful media companies, and leveraged other assets.
<Trump has never ran for nor held public office. He has never run a large organization other than as a dictator. Those that he did run have a greater than 50% failure rate.
>Bloomberg has been on the board of many large companies, he has started and then given up control of companies, and he has run the nations largest city.
<Trump has no political platform, no plan, and washes between positions depending on his crowd
> Bloomberg has well stated and settled positions (to disagree or agree with as one sees fit)
< Trump's main rhetorical style is to lob insults, make things up (only 7% of what he says is actually true), and yell over people
> Bloomberg is a classically trained orator who can articulate a position and engage in formal debate
< Trump is noted for being the only member of the list to regularly call Forbes and lobby to be higher on the list, to sue people for saying he is worth less than $1bil, and to give radically different assessments of his wealth in the same day. Being wealthy is the cornerstone of his identity.
> Bloomberg has given away more money in his lifetime than Donald Trump's entire net worth (there is documentation of more than $1.8 Billion in donations from Bloomberg), and still can buy and sell Trump 10 times over.
< Trump has been married three times and brags of cheating on wives, doesn't give away money, runs casinos and strip clubs, and tries to pretend to be religious (badly) when it suits his political whim. Yet courts the religious vote.
> Bloomberg has been married once and divorced after 27 years. He has never bragged about adultery and there is no record of such occurrences. He has never been married to a nude model. He is Jewish but doesn't utilize religion as part of his platform.
< Trump's hobbies include being rich, suing people who disagree with him, and trying to get in the media as much as possible.
> Bloomberg regularly gives commencement addresses at the nations most prestigious schools, is a commercial pilot and helicopter pilot, is a Morse fluent radio operator, a philanthropist, and collects notable awards, honorary degrees, and even a Knighthood.
I'm not advocating for Bloomberg (I'm really not that familiar with his policies), but I give credit where due. Bloomberg is a true self made man of the highest order. Even if he was an donkey and I disagreed with everything he said, he at least has that going for him.