Q&A: Howard Schultz may run for president, and some folks are steaming mad about it
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Feb 04, 2019
4 minutes
Howard Schultz, who turned Starbucks into an international hot-beverage behemoth, is brewing up a possible run for president, and, no, that's not the last bad coffee pun you will hear between now and when he decides.
The Seattle billionaire announced he was exploring a possible 2020 run as an independent, casting himself as an alternative to the two major political parties, which he depicts as cause and beneficiaries of a failed system of "infighting and self-interest" that has starved the country of leadership.
President Donald Trump responded with a tweet egging Schultz into the race by claiming he "doesn't have
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