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Battle of the billionaires: Trump vs Bloomberg could be the nastiest election ever

‘Mini Mike’ is the only candidate rich enough to intimidate the President

21 February 2020

10:00 PM

21 February 2020

10:00 PM

‘There are two things that are important in politics,’ said Mark Hanna, the American senator, in 1895. ‘The first is money and I can’t remember what the second one is.’ In 2020, Hanna’s maxim could be updated: the second thing is being an old white guy from New York.

The presidential election is 36 weeks away and it looks as if the winner will be one of three men.

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