Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday that 2016 GOP rival Sen. Ted Cruz is “more strident” than President Obama.
“I think actually Ted is more strident than Obama, if you want to know the truth,” Mr. Trump said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Nobody gets along with Ted. At least some people like Obama. Nobody likes Ted. I don’t find anybody that likes him.”
“You talk to senators, I talk to senators that frankly want to come out and endorse me. It’s amazing what’s happened over the last two weeks,” he said.
Mr. Trump then hinted that he has a “very powerful endorsement” coming later Tuesday.
“You’ll find out a little later,” he said. “But we have a very powerful endorsement coming down today. But so many people want to endorse us because they say Ted Cruz is - he’s wacky. Something missing there. I don’t know. There is something wrong.”
The two men are locked in a tight battle in Iowa with less than a week to go until the caucuses. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa’s longtime senator, recently introduced Mr. Trump at a campaign event, though he stopped short of an endorsement.
Mr. Cruz said recently on the trail that while Mr. Trump has decided to lob insults at him, he wasn’t going to respond in kind. Mr. Cruz’s campaign is out with a new ad that starts running Tuesday in Iowa that highlights Mr. Trump’s past comments on abortion.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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