There is still more than a year and a half before the americans again go to the polls to decide whether Donald Trump should get eight years as president, or whether they turn their thumbs down and vote him out of The white house after a period of time.

But time flies fast in the political everyday life, and a number of democrats have already reported that they are going to stand for election to become the democratic presidential candidate.

Kaffekonge will be the president

And now look, it also appears that Trump and the democrats will be challenged by one who stands on the side of, or rather in the middle between the political parties. The former Starbucks boss, mangemilliardæren Howard Schultz, warned in the weekend that he is considering standing for election as an independent, writes the news agency AP.

“At this time in America, when there are so many evidence that the political system is broken – that both parties are extreme and do not represent the silent majority of the american people – is there not a better way?” said Schultz, who added that in the coming weeks will travel around the country to meet voters.

“And in what way can you better show off our democracy than to give the american people a choice they deserve?”

65-year-old Schultz has built his fortune on the coffee. It was he who made Starbucks into an international chain with over 350 000 employees.

His net worth is estimated to be around 3.3 billion dollars, in less than 30 billion Norwegian kroner. Schultz has not finally decided whether he wants to ask, but he has already discussed with his advisers how much of his own fortune he is willing to spend on an election campaign.

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It is believed that he will spend a good part of their own funds, but it is also expected that he will try to collect donations to fund an election campaign that could cost as much as $ 1 billion.

With him on the team when he is considering whether he will challengers Trump and the democrats has Schultz experienced people from both sides of the political spectrum, including Steve Schmidt, who worked for John McCain during the campaign of 2008 and Bill Burton who worked for Barack Obama.

Schultz has previously said that he has supported democrats all his life. He has also contributed large sums of money to democratic presidential candidates, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Thus, one might expect that it would have been nearby for Schultz to throw themselves into the battle to become the democratic presidential candidate, but it is not applicable.

I feel that if I contested the election as a democrat so I had been dishonest and said things I do not believe in, because the party has moved so far to the left, ” says Schultz of the New York Times.

Democrats warn

by no means all are excited for that mangemilliardæren now more than suggests that he wants to run as a presidential candidate. Warnings shotguns, especially from the democrats.

– I have three words of Howard Schultz to ask that a candidate for president as an independent: don’t do it! said Tina Podlodowski, leader of the democratic party in Washington, where Schultz has lived for many decades, in the last week, when rumors about Schultz’ plans began to go.

another prominent democrat, former mayor of New York city, Michael Bloomberg, also warns Schultz. Bloomberg considered themselves to stand for election as an independent in 2016, but decided to let be. He feared that he would steal votes from the Trumps of the opponents, the democrats, and thus give Trump a better way to power.

He believes an independent candidate does not under any circumstances have the opportunity to become U.s. president.

“In 2020, the probability is very high that an independent will only split the anti-Trump-the voices, so that the president is re-elected. It is a risk I refused to run in 2016, and we can’t risk it now,” writes Bloomberg on Twitter.

Barack obama’s sjefsstrateg, David Axelrod, is also very skeptical.

“If Schultz decides to run as independent so should Trump give Starbucks their space in the Trump Tower free. It would have been a gift,” tweet Axelrod.

Was prepared for skepticism

Just to emphasize how difficult it is for an independent to ensure victory in the presidential election, so has no independent won the election since George Washington, who most people know was America’s very first president.

the Democratic fear is, that Bloomberg is right on, that the only Schultz will achieve is to steal votes from them, and thus make the Trump way to re-election far more comfortable.

In an interview with the New York Times says Schultz that he has noted the criticism, but that it doesn’t bit on him.

– I was prepared that the cynics and skeptics came to say that this is not going. I do not agree with them. I think it is uamerikansk to say that this does not go, ” says Schultz.

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He points to a recent survey, which shows that 42 percent of american voters consider themselves as independent. Therefore, mean Schultz, it is not relevant to look at how independent candidates have done it in the past.

– There are other times in America today with respect to how divided we are and the need for the country to come together, ” says Schultz, which is scheduled to take a final decision whether he ask or not to fall.

Trump challenges the Schultz

Democrats central has so far not wanted to comment on Schultz’ possible candidacy directly, but they have, nevertheless, come with a call.

We focus on to win over Donald Trump, and all who share that goal should vote for the democratic candidate in 2020, ” says the spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa.

When it comes to the president himself, Donald Trump, as he has, of course, noted Schultz’ flirtation with the presidency.

“Howard Schultz doesn’t dare to run as a presidential candidate”, announced the president on Twitter.

It must probably be seen as a challenge for Schultz. So it remains to see if he picks up the glove.

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