his candidacy for the president on his website. let s bring in the panel to discuss that and more. anne-marie slaughter is the former director of policy planning at the state department. she is the president and the ceo of the the tank, new america. tom friedman is the foreign affairs columnist for the new york times and the author of the best seller, thank you for being late. and ian bremmer is the founder and president of the oeurasia group. tom, let me start with you. you wrote a column, an echo of i like ike, 1950s button. why i like mike. you say in that, and i assume you ve talked to mike bloomberg, that he knows that it s a long shot. why is mike bloomberg running m. i think, fareed, first and foremost, mayor bloomberg understands that four more years of donald trump will be a disaster for this country.