Donald Trump said Tuesday that Jeb Bush and everyone with low poll numbers should do the world a favor and drop out of the race.
"There are too many people ... If a person's been campaigning for four or five months and they're at zero or one or two percent, they should get out," Trump
told a CNN reporter at a news conference promoting his new book, "Crippled America."
"Other people should get out because I would like to personally have more time to talk about the problems of the United States and more importantly how to solve the problems because we can solve the problems," said Trump.
Among Trumps rivals polling at or under 2 percent of likely Republican primary voters are Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Former New York Gov. George Pataki, and Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore.
The real estate mogul then brought up Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who called off his bid for the White House amid a decline in his polling numbers.
"I think Walker did a good thing," Trump said. "He saw it wasn't happening, wasn't happening and he just got out quickly."
Earlier on Tuesday,
Trump appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America," where he said Bush should "absolutely" drop out of the race.
"He doesn’t have a chance," he explained. "Look, Jeb is a nice guy [but] he's a stiff. He ought to do what Walker did."
He went on to say that Ben Carson, who is now leading in many national polls, "just doesn't have the experience" to be president, and called rising star Sen. Marco Rubio "overrated" and a "lightweight."
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