Donald Trump and Mike Bloomberg now regularly mock each other. But the two men have plenty in common. They’re both 70-something billionaires based in New York, having amassed fortunes with companies bearing their names. They’ve both flipped between the two major political parties. They’ve run in the same circles, if never quite as friends.

And they’re both blunt, to put it mildly. In fact, the current commander in chief and the former Republican New York mayor who’s now seeking the Democratic presidential nomination each have said plenty of things throughout their lives that easily could have come from the other’s mouth.


From political statements to hubristic boasts to offensive remarks, POLITICO Magazine collected some of Trump’s and Bloomberg’s potentially most indistinguishable quotations. Can you tell the difference? Try our quiz below to find out.