CNN commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Monday that President Trump should give Starbucks its space in Trump Tower “rent free” if its former CEO Howard Schultz runs for president in 2020.
Axelrod wrote on Twitter that Trump’s comments mocking the idea of a Schultz White House bid were “trying to goad Schultz in,” and that an independent presidential candidate would be a gift for Trump’s reelection chances.
Schultz said Sunday on Twitter — as well as in interviews with “60 Minutes” and The New York Times — that he is seriously considering making a bid for the presidency in 2020 as a “centrist independent.”{mosads}
Trump wrote Monday on Twitter that he hopes Starbucks “is still paying me their rent in Trump Tower!”