Trump would 'love' a third-party Bloomberg bid

Donald Trump said Sunday he'd "love it" if former New York mayor and fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg entered the presidential race as a third-party candidate.

“He's very opposite on me with guns and he's opposite on pro-life and he's opposite on a lot of things, so I would love to have Michael get in the race,” the real estate mogul and entertainer said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "Michael's been a friend of mine over the years; perhaps we're not friends anymore.”


Though he seemed comfortable with a Bloomberg run, Trump, who's seeking the Republican presidential nomination, sounded agitated at a question from CBS host John Dickerson about previous comments he made praising the current mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio.

After initially denying he’d said that de Blasio would make “a good mayor, maybe a very good mayor,” Trump now says he never supported the former Hillary Clinton campaign aide — and current Clinton supporter — instead claiming that his remarks were generic well-wishes.

“He's turned out to be a terrible mayor; he doesn't know what he's doing,” Trump said of de Blasio. “The guy is incompetent.”