Trump on Jeb: He’s a Nice Man But He’s Doing Very Poorly

HANNITY: “Let’s shift a little bit to politics. Going into the debate this week, a lot of people thought that there might be some back and forth between you and Senator Ted Cruz. For the most part, you guys have not gone at each other, a little bit maybe in the weekend leading up to this debate. How do you feel about these other candidates? You seem to get along with them when you’re together with them.”

TRUMP: “I think I mostly get along. I guess there are a couple that I wouldn’t, but I get along. And actually, when we’re not on the debate stage, it’s like — you know, I get along with everybody. But I have a very good relationship with Ted Cruz, and you know, he’s been very nice in that he’s backed me almost from the beginning. You know, I’ve said things, many of which turned out to be right, if not all. You know, I talked about illegal immigration when I made my announcement on June 16th in New York. I made it — you know, the announcement, bringing up the importance of stopping illegal immigration, and the whole thing, and it was a firestorm. And Ted was the one person really that was with me very much. And others have been good, too. Ben Carson’s been terrific. You know, I’ve had some pretty good support. But Ted has been there. There’s no question about it.”

HANNITY: “Yes. It seemed to get a little personal with Governor Bush.  What do you think of that exchange?”

TRUMP: “Well, you know, I really think he’s a nice man, but he’s poorly. He’s doing very poorly. I mean, he was down to 3 or 4 or something like that. I just came out with numbers at 41 percent. So he’s not been doing well. And you know, his pollster said, Look, here’s what you do. Here’s a line. Memorize it and say it to Trump. And you know, when they let that whole clip run, he doesn’t look so good, according everybody, virtually everybody that’s seen it. But you know, he came out a couple of times during the debate in the middle of nowhere. And I said, What is that? Is that another attack? I mean, it’s just not necessary. It would be really great if the Republican Party could get along because we could beat Hillary Clinton. I’ll tell you what. I know I can beat her. And the FOX poll that you just saw came out a week or so ago, it shows that I’d beat her. But you know, we have to beat Hillary Clinton, and it would be nice if we could unify the party.”

HANNITY: “Well, let me ask you that.”

TRUMP: “Because there’s division in the party.”