Donald Trump is out of what little patience he possesses. The New York billionaire clearly wants to start running against Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump is out of what little patience he possesses. The New York billionaire clearly wants to start running against Hillary Clinton.
First, though, he has to dispatch GOP rival Ted Cruz, a Senator from Texas who is held in particularly low regard by Trump’s circle—so low, in fact, that Trump himself joked Monday night that he might not even want his endorsement. Trump might get his wish if polls in Indiana prove accurate when voters cast ballots on Tuesday.
“If we win in Indiana, it’s over with, folks,” Trump said with typical bravado at an election-eve rally in South Bend. “We then focus on Hillary. And that’s going to be fun.”
For his part, Cruz knows his clock is ticking, and Indiana’s results could be a knockout punch for his struggling campaign. Cruz has campaigned hard in Indiana, insisting that a Trump defeat here would deny the brash mogul the required 1,237 delegates needed to cinch the nomination and send it to a contested convention. Instead, Indiana could be the race that nudges Cruz toward the exits, which is exactly what Trump wants.
To his supporters who crowded into a riverfront convention center, Trump boasted that he had denied “Lyin’ Ted” his plan. He also essentially unloaded his entire opposition-research file on Cruz during the primary-eve rally for good measure. “Until 18 months ago, he was a citizen of Canada,” Trump said. He also mocked Cruz’s speech patterns “with his Shakespearean everything” and said Cruz committed financial fraud for forgetting to disclose a loan. Oh, and Cruz is a secret Chinese ally for not cracking down on Beijing’s currency manipulation.
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Donald Trump is out of what little patience he possesses. The New York billionaire clearly wants to start running against Hillary Clinton.
First, though, he has to dispatch GOP rival Ted Cruz, a Senator from Texas who is held in particularly low regard by Trump’s circle—so low, in fact, that Trump himself joked Monday night that he might not even want his endorsement. Trump might get his wish if polls in Indiana prove accurate when voters cast ballots on Tuesday.
“If we win in Indiana, it’s over with, folks,” Trump said with typical bravado at an election-eve rally in South Bend. “We then focus on Hillary. And that’s going to be fun.”
For his part, Cruz knows his clock is ticking, and Indiana’s results could be a knockout punch for his struggling campaign. Cruz has campaigned hard in Indiana, insisting that a Trump defeat here would deny the brash mogul the required 1,237 delegates needed to cinch the nomination and send it to a contested convention. Instead, Indiana could be the race that nudges Cruz toward the exits, which is exactly what Trump wants.
To his supporters who crowded into a riverfront convention center, Trump boasted that he had denied “Lyin’ Ted” his plan. He also essentially unloaded his entire opposition-research file on Cruz during the primary-eve rally for good measure. “Until 18 months ago, he was a citizen of Canada,” Trump said. He also mocked Cruz’s speech patterns “with his Shakespearean everything” and said Cruz committed financial fraud for forgetting to disclose a loan. Oh, and Cruz is a secret Chinese ally for not cracking down on Beijing’s currency manipulation.
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