Trump: I Hope Bloomberg Runs; ‘He Won’t Win, But I Hope He Runs’

SCARBOROUGH: “Mike Barnicle.”
BARNICLE: “Hey Donald, one of your friends, maybe a former friend right now, I don’t know, Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, former mayor of New York, a man just as wealthy, perhaps wealthier than you, is thinking of running for the president of the United States. Talk about him. Give us your relationship with him and what you think his chances would be if he jumped in.”
TRUMP: “Well, he used to be a friend of mine. I haven’t spoken to him in a long time. I did a good job for him because he had a project in the Bronx that was a disaster called ferry point. It was under construction for years and years. It was sucking up money from the city. They were in there for like $300 million. Nobody even knows — it was under construction for 25 years or more, they don’t even know when it began. And he asked me to take it over. I went through the process and I took it over and got it done in less than a year. I did a great job on it. I really helped him. And in fact, I made a promise to him. I said I’ll get it done before the end of your administration. It was the last year of his administration. We actually had a ground-breaking in October and of course, he left in January. I did a good job. Now, I don’t think he is a friend of mine anymore based on what I am hearing. When I hear he wants to run because Trump is running — I don’t know. And I will tell you — I’m not talking about John and Mark, but other than John and Mark, I get treated so badly by Bloomberg, the things they say are unbelievable. The worst of just about of anybody. [indecipherable] hard to because I get treated pretty badly by most. (Laughter) But, the worst of about anybody. They treat me so knowingly badly that I would assume he’s going to run. I mean, I hope he runs. Look, I like Michael, I have always liked Michael. I don’t think we have any relationship — you know, the relationship I think is probably gone, but — which is just fine with me. But I hope he runs because I love the competition. And I think it would be a very different dialog for the debates. I really think it would be very interesting if he runs. I hope — I hope that Michael runs. He won’t win, but I hope he runs.”