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sinkspur · « **on:** May 19, 2016, 02:20:44 am »

Trump On Cruz: ‘I Don’t Think He Has Much Of A Future’ In Politics

JAMIE WEINSTEIN
Senior Editor

9:16 PM 05/18/2016

Donald Trump’s view of Ted Cruz ‘s political future may be grimmer than he lets on in public.

On the night Trump all but clinched the Republican nomination, he spoke magnanimously of the Texas senator.

“You know, we started off with that 17 number and just so you understand Ted Cruz, I don’t know if he likes me or if he doesn’t like me, but he is one hell of a competitor,” Trump said in his victory speech from Trump Tower after winning Indiana’s Republican primary on May 3, forcing Cruz to withdraw from the race.

“He is a tough, smart guy and he has got an amazing future,” he added.

But in private, Trump expressed a different view of Cruz’s future, according to a New York Times Magazine profile of Trump and his inner circle. A day before his impressive victory in Indiana, Trump was on his plane watching Fox News pundits discuss Cruz’s political future on television.

“Standing in front of the oversize screen, Trump scoffed: ‘I don’t think he has much of a future,'” the Times reported.

Trump’s about face on Cruz’s political future 24-hours later may have been an attempt by the then presumptive GOP nominee to unite the party by coaxing Cruz, whose wife and father Trump harshly criticized during the campaign, into putting the brutal primary behind him and endorsing Trump. If so, Trump’s efforts to get Cruz to jump aboard the Trump Train have not been a tremendous success as of yet.

“We’ve got a lot of time until this election — two months until the convention, six months until the general election — and I’m going to be doing what I expect many voters will be doing, which is watching and listening to what the candidates have to say, to what they stand for, to how they conduct themselves,” Cruz told The Texas Tribune last weekend when asked whether he intended to endorse Trump.

In the meantime, Cruz is trying to forge ahead with the political future Trump doesn’t think he has. Last week, Cruz filed paperwork to run for re-election to his Senate seat in 2018. He also alluded to a 2020 presidential run in his interview with the Tribune.

“Time will tell,” Cruz said of another run

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/18/trump-on-cruz-i-dont-think-he-has-much-of-a-future-in-politics/#ixzz4942kuIFI

sinkspur · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:22:08 am »

Nasty and bitter to the very end. This is why so many despise Trump.

Gov Bean Counter · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:34:47 am »

Quote from: sinkspur on May 19, 2016, 02:22:08 am

Nasty and bitter to the very end. This is why so many despise Trump.

He will at least be in politics long enough to cast the deciding vote to convict an impeached pResident T-Rump.

Norm Lenhart · « **Reply #3 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:36:57 am »

Quote from: sinkspur on May 19, 2016, 02:20:44 am

Trump On Cruz: ‘I Don’t Think He Has Much Of A Future’ In Politics

Pretty sure Marie Antoinette thought filthy peasants would eat cake too.

austingirl · « **Reply #4 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:41:25 am »

Quote from: sinkspur on May 19, 2016, 02:22:08 am

Nasty and bitter to the very end. This is why so many despise Trump.

Trump is a vicious, vindictive hateful man. He is so far beneath the office to which he aspires.

Fantom · « **Reply #5 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:46:57 am »

Quote from: sinkspur on May 19, 2016, 02:22:08 am

Nasty and bitter to the very end. This is why so many despise Trump.

Yep.. trump is a real scumbag.

I'll have to say that Scam Wow is sealing the deal with me. Hillary is the lessor of two weasels.

Fantom · « **Reply #6 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:47:29 am »

Quote from: Gov Bean Counter on May 19, 2016, 02:34:47 am

He will at least be in politics long enough to cast the deciding vote to convict an impeached pResident T-Rump.

mlizzy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:49:30 am »

Quote from: sinkspur on May 19, 2016, 02:22:08 am

Nasty and bitter to the very end. This is why so many despise Trump.

From Twitter:

MichiganCruzer
‏@RichardJSunkle

Funny that no one is talking about the KY GOP caucus results. Trump gets 2 more delegates than Cruz. http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/kentucky …

https://twitter.com/RichardJSunkle/status/733107467786309633

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #8 on:** May 19, 2016, 02:58:32 am »

This is what bitter Donny says when candidates drop out and don't lick his boots and call him "Mr Trump" like that fat slob Gov from Jersey and the unintelligible surgeon.

BTW, Donny. Hows that VP short list coming? I understand you can't find any solid people that want to have anything to do with you and your circus act.

Norm Lenhart · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:00:58 am »

Quote from: Frank Cannon on May 19, 2016, 02:58:32 am

This is what bitter Donny says when candidates drop out and don't lick his boots and call him "Mr Trump" like that fat slob Gov from Jersey and the unintelligible surgeon.

BTW, Donny. Hows that VP short list coming? I understand you can't find any solid people that want to have anything to do with you and your circus act.

I still think the GOP hands him Romney in exchange for their support at the convention a'la Reagan Bush.

sinkspur · « **Reply #10 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:10:09 am »

Quote from: Norm Lenhart on May 19, 2016, 03:00:58 am

I still think the GOP hands him Romney in exchange for their support at the convention a'la Reagan Bush.

Not a chance. I know you hate Romney, but he's not going to lick Trump's boots.

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #11 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:17:32 am »

Quote from: Norm Lenhart on May 19, 2016, 03:00:58 am

I still think the GOP hands him Romney in exchange for their support at the convention a'la Reagan Bush.

One thing that Romney does have is principles. He isn't going to jump on the flaming turd called the Trump campaign any more than Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz will.

Donny set the building on fire and all the sensible people left. There is no one left to drag his wrinkled old can out of the disaster now.

RetBobbyMI · « **Reply #12 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:22:27 am »

Cruz will be around a lot longer then Trump to be a thorn in the side of McConnell.

mlizzy · « **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:25:34 am »

I before E except after C!

[Ted pays attention to details; not so with the Donald!]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/733128160603168768

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Frank Cannon · « **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:34:58 am »

Quote from: RAT Patrol on May 19, 2016, 03:29:03 am

Good catch. Also, I don't know about you but that "I may be adding to the list" does not help me feel confident. In other words, like everything else, the list is malleable. Don Juan Flip Flopper Trump is not to be trusted.

Your right. I'll bet next week he will float a unity ticket. I hear John Edwards is free at the moment....

Norm Lenhart · « **Reply #15 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:48:06 am »

Quote from: sinkspur on May 19, 2016, 03:10:09 am

Not a chance. I know you hate Romney, but he's not going to lick Trump's boots.

He did take a dive for Barry. Would you really think he wouldn't sign on for Trump if it got him into the White house? He ain't that honorable. Lets face it. Besides. It's not Romney doing the licking. It's the GOP. Romney in this scenario is the guy with the power.

Norm Lenhart · « **Reply #16 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:50:07 am »

Quote from: Frank Cannon on May 19, 2016, 03:17:32 am

One thing that Romney does have is principles. He isn't going to jump on the flaming turd called the Trump campaign any more than Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz will.

Donny set the building on fire and all the sensible people left. There is no one left to drag his wrinkled old can out of the disaster now.

Frank, the guy profits to this day from incinerating dead babies via Stericycle that his own laws helped create. What freaking principles does he have?

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #17 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:52:15 am »

Quote from: Norm Lenhart on May 19, 2016, 03:50:07 am

Frank, the guy profits to this day from incinerating dead babies via Stericycle that his own laws helped create. What freaking principles does he have?

Well then....at least he is consistent.

Norm Lenhart · « **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2016, 03:53:36 am »

Quote from: Frank Cannon on May 19, 2016, 03:52:15 am

Well then....at least he is consistent.

That he is.

A-Lert · « **Reply #19 on:** May 19, 2016, 04:22:33 am »

Quote from: sinkspur on May 19, 2016, 02:22:08 am

Nasty and bitter to the very end. This is why so many despise Trump.

LOL! You can always trust a "story" from Michelle Fields boyfriend, Jamie Weinstein!!

Norm Lenhart · « **Reply #20 on:** May 19, 2016, 04:27:54 am »

Quote from: A-Lert on May 19, 2016, 04:22:33 am

LOL! You can always trust a "story" from Michelle Fields boyfriend, Jamie Weinstein!!

Would that be like trusting Trump's suggestions? Cuz, you know, he proved his word means nothing. His spokesman even confirmed it.

A-Lert · « **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2016, 04:45:43 am »

Quote from: Norm Lenhart on May 19, 2016, 04:27:54 am

Would that be like trusting Trump's suggestions? Cuz, you know, he proved his word means nothing. His spokesman even confirmed it.

All Weinstein needed to do was post the name of the person who supplied the alleged quote attributed to Trump. Has all the signs of another hit piece.

Emjay · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2016, 05:53:07 am »

There are not enough words to describe how nasty, juvenile, narcissistic and despicable Trump is.

And he's a joke. An absolute joke of a candidate.

I hope Something happens; anything... to keep him from being the nominee.

The joke is on us.

A-Lert · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2016, 06:12:33 am »

Quote from: Emjay on May 19, 2016, 05:53:07 am

There are not enough words to describe how nasty, juvenile, narcissistic and despicable Trump is.

And he's a joke. An absolute joke of a candidate.

I hope Something happens; anything... to keep him from being the nominee.

The joke is on us.

The joke is on anyone gullible enough to believe an anti-Trump story written by Michelle Fields boyfriend, jamie Weinstein.

OldSaltUSN · « **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2016, 06:24:11 am »

I guess that means that (circle one):

Cruz responded to Carson's call in Trump's behalf, and he told Trump to stick his V.P. nomination where Melinia's sun don't shine.
Cruz is officially off Trump and Melinia's Christmas list.
Trump is down to one or two potential candidates for V.P., and Cruz is DEFINITELY the leading candidate.
Cruz is Trump's secret top nominee for the USSC (so naturally, Cruz's career in politics is over).
Trump has indigestion.
No one knows, including Trump, what his suggestion meant. But stay tuned, he'll let you know tomorrow, unless he changes his mind.

As Trump says, "it's simple, it's really very simple. Trump is just a very simple, uncomplicated man. Leave Trump alone!

:screaming2: