Battling billionaires: Trump and candidate Bloomberg swap insults and attacks


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  • Friday, 24 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaks before the United States Conference of Mayors in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a new round of Twitter insults aimed at political rival Michael Bloomberg on Thursday, shortly after the Democratic presidential candidate's campaign debuted a new television ad attacking the Republican seeking re-election.

Trump mocked Bloomberg's height, called the entirety of the Democratic field of candidates "clowns" and dismissed the idea that the former New York City mayor would help the ultimate Democratic nominee in the general election.

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