In clash of billionaires, Bloomberg calls Trump White House race 'a con'
PHILADELPHIA - New York media mogul Michael Bloomberg assailed fellow billionaire Donald Trump on Wednesday, calling his US presidential race a "con" and ripping into his history of bankruptcies and lawsuits.
"Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? God help us," Bloomberg told the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia to roaring applause. "I'm a New Yorker and I know a con when I see one."
Formerly a Republican and now an independent, Bloomberg was for the most part greeted warmly by the audience in the Wells Fargo Center arena where he threw his support behind the Democrats' presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.
