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Trump Says Bloomberg Can’t Win Because ‘He’s a Terrible Speaker and Can’t Speak Properly’

Donald Trump took a swipe at Mike Bloomberg on Friday for not taking part in televised Democratic debates because “he is a terrible speaker” — and slammed his ads as “purposely wrong.”

“Mini Mike Bloomberg doesn’t get on the Democrat Debate Stage because he doesn’t want to — he is a terrible debater and speaker,” the president said in a tweet.

“If he did, he would go down in the polls even more (if that is possible!),” he added.

The multibillionaire former mayor — who has already spent more than $225 million in ads in his 2020 presidential campaign — did not take part in Tuesday night’s debate in Iowa because the Democratic National Committee requires candidates to collect thousands of small-dollar donations to qualify and he is self-financing his campaign.

“The party rules prevent me from debating. If they change the rules I’d be happy to join it,” Bloomberg, who entered the race in November, said in a new ad airing on cable stations.

But he stressed that he would like to participate.

“It’s harder to get the message out if you’re not in the debates. It gives you a lot of television exposure,” Bloomberg said.

Trump also expressed the same thought in an interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo:

And I just had to add this photo because of Trump’s hair. That’s all.

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