Trump Drops Lyin’ Nickname, Now Calls Cruz ‘Beautiful Ted’

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President Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have buried the hatchet, the President said Monday.

“He’s not lyin’ Ted anymore. He’s beautiful Ted,” Trump told reporters before heading to Texas for a campaign event supporting Cruz.

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  1. Ted? Beautiful?

    Someone’s lyin’…

  2. Avatar for wseitz wseitz says:

    If people didn’t think Trump was already losing his faculties, this ought to seal it.

  3. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Its called:

    H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y

  4. Recall Trump refers to battleships as “beautiful” too.

  5. Avatar for tena tena says:

    O now that’s just mean. Everybody including Shroomy, knows that Ted has a very unfortunate countenance that almost noone can stand to look at.

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