- May 14, 2015 -
Trump Says Jeb Bush ‘Doesn’t Want to Run’
Real estate mogul and potential White House hopeful Donald Trump upped his attacks against Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio today, arguing the former Florida governor’s heart isn’t in a 2016 presidential run.
“I think Jeb is a reluctant warrior,” Trump said after a roundtable here this afternoon. “I actually don’t think he wants to run. I watch him. I’m very good at reading people. I made a lot of money because I can read people. And when I watch Jeb Bush, he doesn’t want to run. He’s not a happy guy. He’s not enjoying it, and you gotta go into this thing with enthusiasm.”
Trump said Bush thinks his family name will win him the White House and that he’s not the candidate to “bring us to the promised land.”
Trump also went after Rubio in the wake of a Sunday New York Times story focusing on the relationship between him and Miami billionaire auto dealer Norman Braman.
“Marco Rubio had a horrible, horrible story on the front page of The New York Times, and if you read that story, you can’t vote for him,” said Trump.
He ended the roundtable by asking attendees for their support in a way perhaps only Donald Trump can.
“I don’t know who the hell you’re voting for," said Trump, "but I assume you’re voting for me because you’re all intelligent people."
