Trump: Jeb Bush Is ‘Not Going To Get the Job Done’

STEPHANOPOULOUS: “Let’s talk about Jeb Bush. He’s, as we know, made severe cuts in his campaign and his budgets. He said yesterday he doesn’t want to sit around see gridlock. And he went on to say this:”

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BUSH: “That is not my motivation. I got a lot of really cool things that I could do other than sit around being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that.”

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STEPHANOPOULOUS: “What do you think — elect Trump?”

TRUMP:” Well, all I’m saying is he’s not going to get the job done. He doesn’t have the temperament for it. He doesn’t have — you know, I used the word energy, but — and by the way Ben Carson’s a very low energy person also. Hey look, we’re being ripped off by the entire world. You look at what’s going on. Our trade deals with China, with Japan, with Mexico, with everybody. We lose with every single thing. You need somebody that’s done it before; you need somebody that has that real ability to bring our country back, to make our country rich again, and we can do that and therefore to also, without the money, without the rich, we can’t make it great again, George. Bush does not have that. Jeb does not have that.”

STEPHANOPOULOUS: “Bush —“

TRUMP: “It’s not for him. And, you know, I hate to see what’s happening with him, but his campaign is a disaster, he’s paid one person $1.3 million, some finance director. Paid him $1.3 million — that’s almost more than I pay for my whole deal! His — you know, when I look at what I’ve done, I’m number one in virtually every poll and I spent less money than any other candidate that’s running.”