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trump and the democrats? this is interesting. check this out. a couple of clear advantages for democrats. the issue of climate change. those swing voters. 59% of them say they prefer the democrats to donald trump on climate change. how about the issue of health care? again, pretty wide margin here. 50% for the democrat, whoever that would be. 32% for trump. then the issue of immigration is a little narrower. an advantage potentially for democrats. 49-40. these are issues not surprisingly you already hear democrats talk a lot about. these are issues where swing voters tend to prefer democrats to the president. but there is one issue in this poll where the president has a clear advantage over the democrats. it is the issue of the economy. we ve been talking so much about this. trump with the advantage there. can donald trump harness the economy to get himself reelected? look at this. that is his clearest issue-based path at least with swing voters. some interesting data there from the ka
epa has made under president trump. you can hear the interruptions this. it was what wheeler said about climate change that is concerning to some. what did he say today? first of all, let s talk about climate change more broadly in the trump administration. donald trump knows he s been. a very, very skeptical figure as it relates to climate change. et he pulled us out of the paris climate change accord, the one nation to do so. he s also, and i think we have his tweet, this is the one i go back to when people talk about climate change. we have his tweet before he was president. but donald trump on climate change. this is november 2012. but nonetheless, the concept of global warming was created by and for the chinese in order to make u.s. manufacturing
what would make you decide to run for president of the united states? well, right now, i m only focused on the midterms. i believe that the republicans have not done what they should have done in terms of providing some counter balance to the executive branch which is what the founding fathers planned. and also not tackling the big issues, guns, and climate change and income inequality and immigration in a sound way. and so that s what i m going to focus on. and then afterwards, you would take a look at it. i care very much about this country, as you know, i have devoted my live and all my net worth to trying to make the world a better place, because i think that s the best thing i can do for my kids and my grandkids. and we would see whether or not it s possible and how i feel and but that s down the road, you got to take these things one at a time. everybody s focused now on the
candidate. in an article published on his media opinion site, he explained why he had decided that a third party run wouldn t work. he also used the piece to denounce donald trump and explain how his policy ideas threaten to, quote, divide us at home and compromise our moral leadership around the world. in the 611 days that mr. trump has been president, mr. bloomberg has continued his criticism on issues like climate change and gun control in particular. he is spending some $80 million of his estimated $52 billion fortune to support democratic candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. and then there is 2020. will he run? this time as a democrat? i sat down with michael bloomberg at the headquarters of his filphilanthropy.