DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Bloomberg came to Virginia on Friday [1-25-19] to deliver a message to Democrats: I told you so. The former New York City mayor delivered his most scathing remarks about Trump since he called then-candidate Donald Trump a ‘dangerous demagogue’ and knocked his business credentials in a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Though both are New York billionaires, Bloomberg said he knew Trump in their former lives only ‘casually’ through interactions at ceremonial events. He assailed the former real estate mogul for what he called ‘a complete failure of presidential leadership’ and ‘totally incompetent management’ as some federal agencies remain shuttered amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The government has been partially shut down for more than a month as Trump and Democrats spar over billions of dollars for his border wall.”
–Nolan D. McCaskill, “Bloomberg rips Trump: ‘Totally incompetent’,” Politico, January 25, 2019 11:03 am