Trump: I should have let Cruz get 'ripped' off stage

[TomCADem]

Source: USA Today

Donald Trump says he should have let Ted Cruz be “ripped … off the stage” after his speech at the Republican convention last week in which he famously did not endorse Trump.

In an interview with Mark Halperin of Showtime’s The Circus, Trump said that he walked onto the stage at the right time to save Cruz from the angry crowd — but maybe he shouldn’t have.

“In retrospect, I wish I would have waited another minute. Because he was being booed right off the stage,” Trump said according to pre-released text. The full interview will air Sunday at 8 p.m.

“I walked in and the arena went crazy,” Trump added. “Because there’s great unity in the Republican Party, and people don’t know it. Had I not walked in, I think that audience would have ripped him off the stage. I think I did him a big favor.”

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/24/donald-trump-ted-cruz-republican-convention-speech/87502562/

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Trump just can't let it go. Now the meglomaniac is somehow claiming credit for saving Ted Cruz.

[Rex]

1. Bully.

Trump is such a huge bully.

[olddad56]

5. He is a very sick individual and he could get elected. Hitler did.

[Rex]

6. Oh I know, for people that think Hitler started off as a dictator...nope he was elected.

It is a sound and reasonable fear to worry about Trump getting his unethical hands on the Oval Office.

[The Second Stone]

7. Technical point: Hitler's party got elected, he didn't

They made him chancellor based on how well the nazis did.

[olddad56]

9. sort of a moot point. If the nazis in this country elect Trump, he is just as full of vengence.

and has the same mental health disorder as Hitler. I think he has the same goals and values as well.

[The Second Stone]

11. Agreed, it is like ocd organizing deck chairs on the Titanic,

but we haven't hit the iceberg just yet. If we get out the vote, this is an opportunity to do wonderful things for the country.

[Iliyah]

2. I think Cruz would have beat the crap out of T-rump

[SunSeeker]

3. Trump initially tweeted it was "no big deal," but it is clear Cruz' diss is eating at Trump.

Hee hee.

[63splitwindow]

4. How embarrassing to the United States of America. A WWE character running a campaign...

JUST LIKE a professional Wrestling event.

[Skittles]

8. gawd

Trump's narcissism is embarrassing

[SheriffBob]

10. trump

scares me more than ISIS. He is a terrorist who uses fear and insults worse than ISIS.

[David__77]

12. I just listened to a lot of applause for Cruz.

There were boos and there was applause.

[SunSeeker]

13. Correct. Cruz was not "booed off the stage," contrary to what Trump keeps saying.

He finished his speech, to applause and booing.

[truthisfreedom]

14. This medical news article keeps coming to mind, and keeps reappearing, btw

This article and others like it have been published at least three times in recent months. Someone is trying to send us a message. I think somebody wants us to realize that Trump has dementia. Like another Presidential candidate... remember?

From the article:

“Has the person become agitated, aggressive, irritable, or temperamental?” the questionnaire asks. “Does she/he have unrealistic beliefs about her/his power, wealth or skills?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/health/alzheimers-checklist-mild-behavioral-impairment.html?_r=0

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. If you read Trump's exact words, he says he wanted violence: crowd to "ripped him off the stage". nt

[DetlefK]

16. There was "unity" because no establishment Republican wanted to associate with Trump.

[Mc Mike]

17. L'il donnie is very tough.

And he's a business genius, to boot.