Trump Calls Boehner’s Resignation ‘A Big Decision… A Great Decision’

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump reacts during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif.... Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump reacts during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump called House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) resignation announcement “a big decision” and “a great decision” on Friday.

In a hasty interview conducted in the staircase of the Omni Shoreham hotel, Trump told New York Times reporter Jonathan Martin that “it’s time” for Boehner to go.

“It’s a big decision that he made, it’s a great decision,” Trump told the Times. “It’s good for everybody. I think it’s time—he’s been there a long time.”

Pressed for his thoughts on whether Boehner was forced out or who might succeed him, Trump was noncommittal.

“What do you think? You tell me,” Trump said to the Times reporter.

Trump told Martin he doesn’t have a “preference” for who should become the next speaker.

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  1. “What do you think? You tell me,” Trump said to the Times reporter.

    Trump told Martin he doesn’t have a “preference” for who should become the next speaker.

    He didn’t have a preference. Or any knowledge to base a preference on. He’s slicker than Palin, he doesn’t try to make it up, he just throws it back on you as if he’s playing his cards close to his chest.

  2. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    Any and all of them…Clueless Dump

  3. He doesn’t have a preference because he doesn’t have a clue who the hell is in office. He doesn’t even understand the implications of this decision and what it means moving forward for the very Conference whose nomination he’s trying to win. ignorance truly is bliss

  4. “What do you think? You tell me,” Trump said to the Times reporter.

    Terrorist leaders, Arab nation leaders, U.S. House members......there's too many names!!!!

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