Posted on 12/13/2015 8:16:20 AM PST by Isara
Donald Trump took aim at Sen. Ted Cruz Sunday, launching one of the first of what will likely be a series of attacks against the candidate now leading him in Iowa.
"I don't think he's qualified to be president," Trump said, arguing the Texas Republican's tenure in the Senate makes him too divisive for the job.
Cruz has been "frankly a little bit of a maniac," Trump said in a taped interview on Fox News. "You're never gonna be able to get things done that way."
"You can't walk into the Senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people," Trump said. "He'll never be able to get anything done and that's the problem with Ted."
Trump also appeared Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," touting his business success, his best-selling books and his TV show "The Apprentice."
"You don't make that kind of success without judgement," he added.
Trump was responding to comments from Cruz earlier this week questioning the real estate mogul's judgement. A Bloomberg News/Des Moines Register poll released Saturday showed Cruz opening a 10 point polling lead on Trump in Iowa.
"I would say I have far better judgement than Ted," Trump said. "I'm more capable."
Trump also stood by his controversial proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country on a temporary basis despite condemnation from the leaders of both parties.
"I'm about security. I'm about safety. I'm about borders," he said. "We have to have the right people coming into our country."
Trump defended his Muslim policy by arguing his Muslim friends supported the idea.
"They know they have a problem," he said.
The GOP front-runner blasted President Obama and Hillary Clinton for their reluctance to criticize radical Islam in the wake of the San Bernardino shooting.
"If you don't identify the problem, you're never going to solve the problem," he said.
Throw in H-1B.....
This is going to backfire.You better believe it will backfire on Trump, BIG TIME.
Go Ted.
There is nothing maniacal about a man that kept his solemn promises to voters in Texas and did precisely what we sent him to Washington, DC to do. In Texas, we call that honorable not maniacal.
“Don’t screw it up Trump. You can do better.”
In other words, when Cruz attacks Trump like he did, Trump is supposed to be afraid to respond in kind?
If what Cruz does is considered maniacal, well hell, count me in.
***You can’t walk into the Senate and scream and call people liars and not be able to cajole and get along with people,” Trump said. “He’ll never be able to get anything done and that’s the problem with Ted.***
This is not a private deal Trump. This is how you bring public entities to the table, by shaming them. I know you know this and this gives me pause to endorse you.
All that said, I am reacting to a possible lying MSM hit piece. So there is that.
“Cruz is great, but the lack of overall appeal makes me worry about the general election.”
Oh you have nothing to worry about because Cruz is fearless.
What will that mean in the face of the Hillary media machine? Hell if anyone knows, that’s just the answer to everything.
Hes just the man to run with Trump.Heads explode on the left which includes the gope.
Trump shouldn’t be insulting the guy who would be his best prospect for a VP.
It’s not smart,and Ted in no way deserves being insulted like that.
First slamming Cruz on revoking ethanol subsidies, this and then the Scalia rant.....Trump accomplishes the trifecta of stupid comments to piss off the conservative base in a short 4 days.
I wish Donald would be a little...no ALOT more “artful” with his rhetoric.
Come on Donald. Give it a rest against Ted Cruz.
Ted Cruz is the one with the unstable temperament.
Go with that.
“So now, can all of you crippled reporters please get back to talking about the Mexican rapists and muslim terrorists?â€
It is alarming that your TDS has required you to bed down with Mexican rapists and Muslim terrorists.
Trump just lost me on that one. It's one thing to say Cruz is divisive, but another to say Cruz is not qualified. I was on the fence before, but now I'm going to go solid Cruz.
It is one thing to go after GOPe lackeys, but quite another to go after someone on the same side.
“..In other words, when Cruz attacks Trump like he did, Trump is supposed to be afraid to respond in kind?”
No, not at all. That is not what I said. He should respond with SPECIFICS that carry weight — just calling someone names is not going to be as effective as specifics that matter to Iowans. IMHO, one of Trump or Cruz will end up supporting the other in the general election. It should be interesting.
Good point. Liberals never do that.
“The Donald may have jumped the hammerhead with this one.”
How many times have we heard that one? Trump merely responded in kind to what Cruz said about him.
Well there's a case of the pot calling the kettle black if ever there was one.
I’m worried about his lack of appeal because he does not have any of the press covering for him like Hillary.
He will be labeled a false everything and will not have the Trump ability to get and use the press.
Great person, but a real pins and needles election.
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