Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg would be willing to pump more than $100 million into a run for president in 2020, an adviser said Thursday.
“Mike spent over $100 [million] last November to defeat Republicans in the midterms and if he runs for POTUS he will certainly spend what’s necessary to win,” Howard Wolfson, Bloomberg’s senior adviser, told The Post — adding that it’s “very safe” to assume he’d top that dollar figure on a bid for the White House.
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Bloomberg will make up his mind about whether he will run by the beginning of next year, Woflson said.
If he throws his hat in the ring, the billionaire businessman — who is worth an estimated $40 billion — won’t be taking any political action committee cash, he said.
“Never took a dime of PAC money before. I don’t expect that to change,” said Wolfson, who worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid.
Bloomberg also spent around $100 million on his campaign to win a third term as mayor of the Big Apple.
The 76-year-old had contemplated — but ultimately decided against — running in the 2016 presidential election, and suggested to friends at the time that he would be willing to blow at least $1 billion on a campaign, according to a New York Times report.
President Trump spent $66 million of his own money in that race, and his campaign ultimately raised a total of $333 million, with another $75 million coming from outside groups.
Trump has already raised more than $100 million for 2020 between his own campaign and GOP fundraising operations, according to CNBC.
