Trump says establishment against him, but coming on line

Republican front runner, Donald Trump insisted Monday that the Republican establishment is against him, but conceded that party leaders are warming to his candidacy as a better alternative to rival Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential bid. Previously in an interview, Trump had said that the establishment are warming up to him. Trump also explained why establishment leaders are more prepared to back his presidential bid over that of Cruz, the Texas senator who has cast himself as a principled lawmaker but whom critics call inflexible.

Trump explains why establishment prefers him to Cruz

Trump, for his part, called Cruz a “nasty person.” “I think the establishment actually is against me, but really coming on line because they see me as opposed to Cruz who is a nasty guy who can’t get along with anybody,” Trump said. “At a certain point you’ve got to make deals.” “We can’t have a guy who stands in the middle of the Senate floor and every other senator thinks he’s a whack job,” Trump said. “You have to make deals. You have to get along. That’s the purpose of what our founders created.”

Cruz distance himself as a conservative