Donald Trump ramps up attacks on Michael Bloomberg saying the former mayor owns a fragile 'technology company' and isn't worth $36.5 billion - 'I like real estate better' 

Donald Trump said he doubted former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was going to jump into the presidential race, but he needled the fellow billionaire's business anyway.

When CNN's Wolf Blitzer suggested that Bloomberg – a business media magnate worth $36.5 billion, according to Forbes – had many more billions than the Republican frontrunner, Trump scoffed, 'I don't believe that, I don't believe that.'

'It's a technology company,' Trump said, suggesting that if someone came in and created a better version of the Bloomberg terminal, the centerpiece of Bloomberg's fortune, he'd go belly up.

'So I think it's very fragile,' Trump continued. 'I like real estate better.'

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Donald Trump sat down with Wolf Blitzer today and talked about Michael Bloomberg - who Trump doubted was going to enter the race, but still knocked his media business anyway 

Michael Bloomberg is reportedly mulling a third-party presidential run - inspired by Donald Trump's dominance in the Republican polls and Hillary Clinton's weakened stance in the Democratic race 

This weekend the news seeped out that Bloomberg was considering jumping into the race, motivated by Trump's dominance in the Republican primary and Hillary Clinton's apparent weakness to Bernie Sanders in the Democratic one.

Clinton reacted by saying she'd 'relieve him of that' by simply winning the Democratic nomination. 

Sanders said he loved the idea of running against two billionaires. 

'And I think the American people do not want to see our nation move toward an oligarchy where billionaires control the political process,' Sanders noted. 

Trump was almost giddy about the idea of more competition.  

'I'd beat him and I'd love to do it actually,' was Trump's response today during the sit-down with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

In the interview, Trump suggested that he and Bloomberg would be the only two candidates to self-fund their campaigns and then used the opportunity to segue the conversation into more attacks on his rivals.

'Ted Cruz has totally, totally conditioned down to the oil companies,' said Trump.

Cruz is the biggest threat to Trump winning the Iowa prize a week from today in the state's Republican caucuses.

Polls that came out yesterday had Trump, once again, ahead, but the Hawkeye State race has narrowed in recent weeks.

Trump also pinched an old favorite during his conversation with Blitzer.

'You look at Jeb Bush, poor Jeb, here's a guy who spent $100 and some odd million dollars already and he's almost last,' Trump began.

Trump also chided Bush for having his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, formally express her support.

'I said Jeb, your mother can't help you with ISIS, she can't help you with these people Jeb, you've got to do it yourself,' Trump said. 'What Jeb Bush has done to the Bush family is very sad,' Trump added, saying the former Florida governor has 'disgraced himself.'

Trump said he hasn't give a ton of thought to the Democrats – except to hit Clinton on her husband's past sex scandals – because he needs to pick off the rest of the Republicans first.

'The first thing I have to do is – we had 17, now we're about down to 12 or 13,' he said of the crowded GOP field. 'I've got to get rid of them.'

But that doesn't mean he hasn't given thought to his general election strategy.

'i will win,' he stated. 'I think I have a chance to win New York,' he continued, explaining how he defended his home state against attacks from Cruz, who mocked Trump for having 'New York values.'

'Nobody ever defends New Yorkers,' Trump said. 'I'm going to win Pennsylvania. I'm going to win West Virginia, I'm going to win Virginia, I'm going to win in Michigan, because I protect the car industry.'

However, a third-party run by Bloomberg could throw a wrench in those plans.

'I don't know, Trump said. I don't think he's going to do that. I don't think he's going to run actually, but I may be wrong.'