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Trump: 'I Really Don't Want Jeb's Endorsement'

Trump: 'I Really Don't Want Jeb's Endorsement'
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By    |   Wednesday, 16 December 2015 07:32 PM EST

Donald Trump Wednesday dismissed rival Jeb Bush's endorsement should the developer win the Republican presidential nomination.

"I really don't want Jeb's endorsement, because he is a low-energy person and he does not represent strength, power and stamina, which are qualities our country desperately needs," the GOP front-runner told The Washington Post in a statement.

"But if he does not endorse and support me as the nominee, legally he cannot be on the ballot in many states, so that would be the end of his candidacy — but that doesn't matter because he is not going to win anyway."

Bush openly attacked Trump during Tuesday's fifth debate in Las Vegas, calling the billionaire "a chaos candidate" and saying that "he'd be a chaos president."

Trump retorted: "Jeb doesn't really believe I'm unhinged. He said that very simply because he has failed in this campaign. It's been a total disaster. Nobody cares."

Bush campaign advisers had been encouraging the former Florida governor to bash Trump to boost his low polling numbers — and officials disputed a Politico report Wednesday indicating that Bush had planned to say that he would not support Trump during the debate at the Venetian Hotel.

However, that was not allowed because it was against the rules of the contest, the Post reports.

Trump said that Bush's comments sprang solely from desperation.

"While everyone said I beat him last night, I was only responding to his desperate attempt to stay relevant by attacking me," he told the Post. "Jeb is only doing this because I committed to run as a Republican last night — so dishonorable."

Earlier Wednesday, Bush's campaign released a television spot slamming Trump as a "chaotic and wrong" candidate — interspersing Bush's debate criticisms with Trump's previous statements on various issues, including his support for Democrat Hillary Clinton negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran.

"Hillary’s always surrounded herself with very good people," Trump said in the ad, which was taken from a previous interview with CNN. "I think Hillary would do a good job."

Trump bashed the spot by Jeb 2016 Inc. on Twitter:



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