NYC mayor: Trump not ready for White House

“Mike Bloomberg for president rests on the not-impossible but somewhat unlikely circumstance of either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz versus Bernie Sanders”, the New York Times quotes Edward G. Rendell, former governor of Pennsylvania and ally of Hilary Clinton. “Well, I’m going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn’t have to [run]”. “I think that’s what this election increasingly is about, how do we address income inequality”, Mr.de Blasio said.

In this December 3, 2015, file photo, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during the C40 cities awards ceremony, in Paris. Clinton has been dogged by questions about her honesty amid an ongoing investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state.

His potential run was reported earlier Saturday by the New York Times.NYT 3.24 % .

If the right combination of those possibilities begins to look likely – which Bloomberg thinks could become apparent in March, after the first big round of state primaries – he believes they could create an opening for him to make a credible run as an independent. His advisers have reportedly said Bloomberg is annoyed that Donald Trump is dominating the republican race.

Sanders, of course, would first have to get past Hillary Clinton in the contest for the Democratic nomination before such a race could take shape.

Cruz, meanwhile, said Trump has not been conservative for long, and pointed out that he was for social causes like gay rights at some point in his life.

Bloomberg switched from being a Democrat to becoming Republican to run for mayor in 2001 and later switched during his mayoral terms to being an independent.

Trump also says he’d love to see former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg enter the race.

In my opinion, it’s the height of megalomania for Bloomberg to consider a third-party run, unless his explicit goal is to run in such a way as to split the vote to favor either the Republican or Democrat contender of his choice.

No third-party candidate has ever won a U.S. presidential election.

The 73-year-old Bloomberg is said to have retained unnamed advisers to come up with plans to organize a poll to test the waters before he officially announces his decision to run for the presidency.

Indeed, some suggest that Bloomberg might pose a danger to whoever becomes the Democratic candidate, as his candidacy could split the Democratic vote, the Wall Street Journal reports.