“’Little’ Michael Bloomberg, who never had the guts to run for president, knows nothing about me. His last term as Mayor was a disaster,” Trump tweeted. | AP Photo Trump: ‘Little’ Bloomberg ‘never had the guts to run for president’

Donald Trump blasted former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday, calling his fellow billionaire businessman a “little” man “who never had the guts to run for president.”

Bloomberg urged independents to back Hillary Clinton — “a sane, competent person” — in his address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. But the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned independent who considered launching a third-party bid this year ripped Trump in his address, calling him a con man whose business acumen is overstated.


“The richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy,” he quipped.

Trump, of course, responded in kind — borrowing the humiliating epithet he pegged onto his now-vanquished Republican rival Marco Rubio.

“’Little’ Michael Bloomberg, who never had the guts to run for president, knows nothing about me. His last term as Mayor was a disaster,” Trump tweeted Friday morning, directly contradicting his praise for Bloomberg during his final term just four years ago.

“Mike Bloomberg is doing a great job as Mayor of New York City,” Trump tweeted April 16, 2012. (Bloomberg left office after three terms at the end of 2013.)

On Friday, though, Trump suggested that Bloomberg would get run out of town if he ever ran for mayor again.

“If Michael Bloomberg ran again for Mayor of New York, he wouldn't get 10% of the vote - they would run him out of town!” he added moments later — with the hashtag “#NeverHillary.”

Bloomberg, however, wasn’t the only politician or person to draw Trump’s ire. The Republican presidential nominee went on a tear the morning after his rival formally accepted the Democratic Party’s historic nomination for president.

Trump commenced his latest tweetstorm criticizing the media coverage over Clinton’s “very average” speech, summing up CNN and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” analysis with his trademark descriptor: “SAD!”

The media coverage this morning of the very average Clinton speech and Convention is a joke. @CNN and the little watched @Morning_Joe = SAD! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016

Then he attacked the speech itself. Trump accused Clinton of creating her own so-called facts about Trump in her address — “in her very average scream!”

Crooked Hillary Clinton made up facts about me, and "forgot" to mention the many problems of our country, in her very average scream! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016

The billionaire paused to share a campaign statement he posted via Facebook that says, in part, that Clinton’s remarks were “delivered from a fantasy universe, not the reality we live in today.” And he also acknowledged two police officers who were shot in San Diego.

“It is only getting worse,” he warned. “People want LAW AND ORDER!”

The real estate mogul also manually retweeted Ann Coulter, who mocked Clinton’s “I believe in science” remark, and highlighted an upcoming event for his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, at the University of Northwestern Ohio on Friday evening.

Then he was back on the attack, relishing the fact that the Democratic nominee “mentioned me 22 times” while condemning her “very long and very boring speech.”

Crooked Hillary Clinton mentioned me 22 times in her very long and very boring speech. Many of her statements were lies and fabrications! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016

Trump contended that retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen — who said Thursday at the DNC that with Clinton as commander in chief, “our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction” — “failed badly” against the Islamic State.

General John Allen, who I never met but spoke against me last night, failed badly in his fight against ISIS. His record = BAD #NeverHillary — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016

And his parting shot was a message aimed directly at Clinton. With both candidates having accepted their party’s nomination, Trump boasted that he’s already winning the general election.

Crooked Hillary said that I "couldn't handle the rough and tumble of a political campaign." Really,I just beat 16 people and am beating her! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2016



