the POTUS and former NYC Mayor trade insults today: "LOSER", "barking clown", "dead energy"

[Demovictory9]

leader of the free world, former leader of one of the largest cities in world... how far we have fallen:


President Trump and Michael Bloomberg traded sharp jabs on Twitter Thursday, with the commander-in-chief ripping the Democratic presidential candidate as a “loser,” prompting the former Big Apple mayor to describe him as a “barking clown.”

“Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate stage with these professional politicians. No boxes please,” Trump said in one of two tweets about Bloomberg, who is 5 feet 8. “He hates Crazy Bernie and will, with enough money, possibly stop him. Bernie’s people will go nuts!”

The president compared Bloomberg to one of his Republican challengers in 2016.

“Mini Mike Bloomberg is a LOSER who has money but can’t debate and has zero presence, you will see. He reminds me of a tiny version of Jeb ‘Low Energy’ Bush, but Jeb has more political skill and has treated the Black community much better than Mini!” he said.

But Bloomberg fired back with his own tweet 20 minutes later, taking aim at Trump’s reputation as a self-made billionaire real estate developer.

“@realDonaldTrump – we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown,” Bloomberg said in a posting. “They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.”

https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/trump-bloomberg-trade-insults-as-twitter-feud-escalates/

[democrattotheend]

1. I have to admit, this is amusing to watch

But I'd still rather have a dignified president like Obama who doesn't get into name-calling matches on Twitter.

[TwilightZone]

3. Sadly, it seems like the only thing that actually gets to Trump.

Trump seems to have very quickly realized that Bloomberg has the resources (and the attitude, for that matter) to make his life a living hell, whether or not BB is the nominee.

Like you, I'd prefer the temperament of Obama, but I think we've reached a point that whatever works (within reason, of course) is probably a plus.

[patricia92243]

2. Somehow that sounds like some of Mike's staff Tweeting rather

than him.

[maxsolomon]

4. Trump would thrive with Bloomberg as an opponent.

He wants the election to be an insult-trading contest.

I am really not enjoying the post-impeachment landscape.