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In an interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl last August, the hotel magnate started a second round of "birtherism" by questioning Cruz's eligibility to be president due to his Canadian birth. But Trump and Cruz have come a long way since then and seem to have become political allies over the past year.
At a Republican dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Club in February, Trump lauded the junior senator's 21-hour filibuster over Obamacare and called him a "very special guy." He also spoke favorably about Cruz at the Palm Beach County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner.
"One of the reasons I like Ted Cruz so much is that he's not controversial," Trump said jokingly. On a serious note, he added: "[Cruz] shouldn't be controversial because what he is doing is right. He took a stand recently, that if he had just a little backing - and Ted and I have spoken about this - from other Republicans … he would have negotiated one hell of a deal. It might not have ended Obamacare, but you would have really gotten a big chunk out of it."
Last November, a Cruz spokeswoman even described the two men as "friends" who speak often on the phone, and said that Cruz visited Trump's offices during a trip to New York. "Mr. Trump is a friend and the senator had some down time in NYC," Cruz's aide told Politico.
Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his attacks on fellow GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz on Sunday, calling the Texas senator "a nasty guy" and a "hypocrite."
"Look, the truth is, he's a nasty guy," Trump said on ABC's "This Week." "Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere once they get to know him. He's a very –- he's got an edge that's not good. You can't make deals with people like that and it's not a good thing. It's not a good thing for the country. Very nasty guy."
Whatever else it is, Cruz’s NBC eligibility is a big deal and needs to be decided by a federal court. Nobody on the Right needs a GOP candidate who is later DQ’d.
This means... SOMETHING!
Gee, it’s almost like Trump’s opinion of a person changes depending on whether that person is standing in Trump’s way.
You can say it is because they are now rivals, or you can say it is because he knows a lot more about Ted Cruz. I always start off assuming someone is a nice guy until they prove otherwise. I used to think Ted Cruz was a nice guy also, but not so much these days. Would a nice guy let his minions continue to trash Sarah Palin? I don’t know... he doesn’t appear to have much influence over his followers if he doesn’t want it to continue. Is that an indicator that he is a true leader?
Trump will turn on anyone. Has no center, no principles, no morality.
He has cried wolf too many times, why would the general populace believe him.
Why do his supporters not understand he could turn in them at the drop of a hat.
Supreme Court Justice position???
Cruz did change in recent months....maybe he did become a nasty guy. Marco Rubio and Ben Carson seem to think so. I blame it on his poor choice of advisors. I hope Sen. Cruz can get back on track of promoting what he will do to change this Country. I believe he is a good and talented man. I would love to see a 2 person race with him and Trump. Let the best man win.
The only one who has been right about Cruz’s citizenship status is Trump, because he has said he doens’t know.
This issue will only be resolved in court - surely you and the Cruzers understant this? When have Obama, Hillary, the media, and liberals in general ever NOT tried to exploit a weakness in a conservative?
Your side might win, it’s impossible to say for sure. But surely you can also see that all it will take is one federal judge who thinks otherwise to put a black cloud over Cruz’s head and the media will spin it that he is not eligible under the very Constitution he claims to hold so dear.
Surely you can see this.
When Cruz told Trump that he was running for President, Trump came unglued.
Trump had courted him for months trying to get Cruz to fall into the VP slot. You all remember when they seemed to be the best of buds?
When Trump realized that Ted was serious it was then when Trump turned on Cruz and called him 'sort of a maniac' and then it ballooned into Cruz being 'nasty' and 'the worst liar I have ever dealt with.'
All because Cruz said no to The Donald.
Right now, Trump is courting all of us for our vote. He is smooth-talking us with political foreplay. He is stroking our patriotism and reminding us that he is the only who can make us feel good again. And who wouldn't want a rich suitor promising us a life of greatness?
And that is the honest truth.
Ignore it at your peril.
Folks, if you're reading this, you know what needs to happen.
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