Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush could’ve won the Republican nomination four years ago.
Bush dropped out of the 2016 election race on Saturday after polling at the bottom. Trump called Bush a “good person” and “good man” in an interview aired Sunday.
“You know, four years ago. I think he would’ve won,” Trump said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“Jeb fought very hard, it just wasn’t his time. That’s all,” he said. “He’s a very capable person.”
Trump came in first place Saturday in the South Carolina GOP primary.
Dear Mr. Trump,
(in my best Alec Guinness voice) Rubio is the droid you are looking for!
“And it’s not Marco Rubio’s time, either, which is why I am going to crush that unctuous little motherfucker like the bug he is.”
In this race for president, it’s nobody in the GOP’s time.
“Trump On Jeb Dropping Out: He Fought Hard, But It Wasn’t His Time…and as The Donald passed behind Jebby, he suddenly grabbed the top of Jeb’s underpants and gave him one last Super Wedgie…just as a reminder of the campaign trail.”
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That “wasn’t his time” stuff suggests Trump is measuring his destiny-laden self against the sweep of history. Reminds me of Gollum imagining himself stealing the ring back from Frodo and using it to defy Sauron and the Ringwraiths and become The Gollum, master of everything! SPOILER ALERT It didn’t work out that way, though.