Media mogul Rupert Murdoch took a none-too-subtle shot at Donald Trump Tuesday evening, suggesting on social media that the GOP front-runner is perhaps a bit too thin-skinned to compete for the party’s nomination.
“Donald Trump seems to be getting even more thin skinned! Is flying around the country every day tiring him?” Murdoch asked his more than 680,000 followers on Twitter. “Would anybody else.”
His remarks came at around the same time that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush appeared to get under the casino tycoon’s skin by confronting him with previous foreign policy statements that failed to hold up over time.
“Look, two months ago Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight. Just two months ago he said that Hillary Clinton would be a great negotiator with Iran,” Bush said. “And he gets his foreign policy experience from the shows.
Trump deflected, saying that America needs someone who is “tough” and “intelligent” in the White House.
“You said on September 30th that [the Islamic State] was not a factor,” Bush interrupted.
“Am I talking or are you talking, Jeb?” an increasingly agitated Trump asked.
“I’m talking right now. I’m talking.”
“You can go back. You’re not talking. You interrupted me.”
“A little of your own medicine there, Donald,” said Bush.
Murdoch wasn’t all negative on Trump, though, as he had a few words of kudos from the GOP front-runner.
“Trump good on Internet but Kasich right on real problem: Silicon Valley encryption. Living in a bubble ignoring all pressure,” he said in a tweet.
“First half most applause for Rubio and Cruz, enough for Trump, Carson. Christie pushing hard, good debater,” he said elsewhere.
He ended his debate analysis with a note of praise for Bush, writing, “Bush giving much his best performance yet. Actually most scoring very well.”
