Donald Trump on Monday mocked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for having to consult his parents over the weekend about his floundering presidential run.
“Bush is out there, his campaign is a disaster,” Trump told a morning crowd in Atkinson, N.H. “That’s because I came along! I’m proud of it.”
Trump also hit Bush for cutting the salaries of his campaign staff. “So he’s meeting now with mom and dad,” he said. “No it’s true, he needs counsel.”
“He was very angry over the week. He said, ‘if this is going to be this nasty, let them have Trump as their president!'” Trump said. “But if he doesn’t like my tone, how’s he going to deal with Putin? How’s he going to deal with these killers in the Middle East?”
Trump also said Bush is a “low key,” a variant of his constant “low energy” attack on the former Florida governor.
Trump made those comments just days after Bush sounded like he might be ready to concede to the flamboyant businessman at a South Carolina event.
“I’ve got a lot of really cool things I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them,” Bush said Saturday. “That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that.”
