GOP presidential frontrunner was sounding more diplomatic on Monday after one of his rivals, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, quit the race.
"I feel badly for him. He is a nice guy," Trump said Monday on Fox News Channel's
"On the Record with Greta Van Susteren."
"I got to know him a little bit, as we say, on the trail," Trump said. "I think he is he a terrific guy and a nice guy."
Trump also praised Walker, saying he "he is a good governor, and he has got plenty to govern."
That's a lot different than Trump's assessment of Walker's job when the two were duking it out for the top spot in the Iowa polls.
"Wisconsin is doing terribly. First of all it's in turmoil. The roads are a disaster because they don't have any money to rebuild them. They borrow money like crazy. … And he was totally in favor of Common Core. … (He) changed when he saw he was getting creamed," Trump said of Walker in late July when Walker was beating him in Iowa.
Van Susteren asked Trump if he planned to ask Walker for his endorsement.
"I don't think so," Trump said. "I think he knows the different players. Don't forget, I'm very much of an outsider. And it's probably pretty tough for him to do."
It's unlikely he would get it, considering Walker,
in his farewell announcement, urged other candidates to withdraw their candidacy and rally behind an alternative to Trump.
"I encourage other Republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front-runner," Walker said. "This is fundamentally important to the future of our party, and, more important, the future of the country."
Other candidates offered their well wishes to Walker on Twitter.
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