NEW YORK – Former New York mayor Michale Bloomberg is considering the possibility of running as an independent candidate at the White House. In an interview with the Financial Times he confirmed the rumors that have been circulating for weeks, saying for the first time explicitly that he is considering the possibility of running for the presidency of the United States. His words shake the waters of American politics on the eve of the primaries in New Hampshire , especially as the billionaire speaks of a sense of frustration in the face of the election campaign, characterized by a “level of discourse and discussion” that does not hesitates to define “trivial” and compare it to “an insult to the voters”, who ”

Something better, the reasoning seems to be, the citizens would find it in the former mayor of New York. The 73-year-old magnate at the head of the information empire that bears his name could fill a void at the center of the political landscape. Democrat passed to the Republicans for the race as first citizen of the Big Apple in 2001 and later became independent, Bloomberg is now particularly worried about the rise of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the Republican field and that of Bernie Sanders among the Democrats. If he decides to oppose them, he would be willing to invest at least a billion dollars in his election campaign. According to sources who are close to him, he gave himself up to early March to decide whether to take the field.

No independent candidate or third party has ever been elected to the White House. But Bloomberg, which has close relations with Wall Street and rather liberal positions in the social field, could find much support if the Republicans will nominate Trump or Cruz and the Democrats Sanders.