President Trump and Mike Bloomberg will face off during the Super Bowl.
The former Big Apple mayor started the tit-for-tat Tuesday by boasting that his campaign was buying a 60-second ad — at an estimated cost of $10 million — to one-up a 30-second ad that the Trump campaign reportedly secured for the Feb. 2 NFL championship game.
“When the Trump campaign decided to run an ad during the big game, the Bloomberg campaign responded by buying a spot. Mike is taking the fight to Trump,” said Bloomberg spokesman Michael Frazier.
“Trump is reportedly running a 30-second ad. Bloomberg opted for more impact and more time with 60 seconds,” he added.
Not so fast, the Trump camp responded later Tuesday.
Just hours after the Bloomberg campaign’s announcement, Team Trump said it had already secured a 60-second ad featuring the president.
“We have been in discussions with Fox since the fall and reserved time in December,” said Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh.
“We paid for the ad last week. We bought 60 seconds of time.”
Added Murtaugh, “We got in early, which gave us prime ad position early in the game. This is a clear indication that we’re ramping up the campaign, which also includes unprecedented pushes for black . . . Latino, and women voters.”
The Bloomberg campaign spokesman declined to comment on the content of the former mayor’s ad, such as whether the billionaire Democrat will attack Trump.
Bloomberg, of course, must win the Democratic nomination to take on the president. But his personal fortune allows him to buy ads for access to a national audience that other Democrats can only dream of affording.
Trump has a financial advantage over all potential Democratic rivals — except Bloomberg — with $102.7 million in cash sitting in his campaign kitty, it was announced last week.
Bloomberg, whose estimated worth is $50 billion, is spending about $25 million a week just on TV ads since his campaign launch in late November and could blow through $357 million on commercials by the March 3 primaries, and $561 million by the time New Yorkers head to the polls on April 28.
Some experts said his spending could break $1 billion — even if he doesn’t become the nominee.
That money could bankroll anti-Trump ads right up until Election Day to aid the Democratic standard-bearer.
Bloomberg’s campaign now employs 800 organizers and staffers, 300 at his Time Square headquarters and 500 across 30 other states.