Politics

Bloomberg says he’ll decide on presidential run in early 2019

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he’ll decide whether he’s running for president in 2020 by late January or early February – and if he does, it’ll definitely be as a Democrat.

“There’s no rush to do it. Everybody wants to know what you’re going to do, and the bottom line is I’m not sure yet,” the billionaire businessman told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview that aired Sunday.

“Do I think I could be a good president? Yes. I’m not the only one that could be a good president. I disagree with our current president on so many things that I don’t even know where to start there,” he said.

If he does throw his hat in the ring, Bloomberg, who was elected mayor of New York as a Republican in 2001 and 2005, would “certainly” run as a Democrat.

“I’m much closer to their philosophy,” Bloomberg said. “Although I don’t agree with any one party on everything.”