Trump on Cruz endorsement: ‘If he gives it, I won’t accept it’

Donald Trump tore into primary rival Ted Cruz on Friday morning, saying he would not accept the Texas senator’s endorsement and threatening to fund a Senate challenger against Cruz.

{mosads}”If he gives it, I will not accept it,” Trump, the GOP presidential nominee,  said at a Friday morning press conference in Cleveland.

“He’ll come and endorse in the next little while because he has no choice,” Trump added. “I don’t want his endorsement. Ted, stay home, relax, enjoy yourself.

“Honestly, he should have done it, because nobody cares, and he would have been in better shape four years from now — I don’t see him winning anyway frankly, but if he did it’s fine. Although maybe I’ll set up a Super PAC if he decides to run,” he added.

Trump said Cruz’s speech might have hurt his future political ambitions.

“Somebody got booed out of the place by thousands and thousands of people,” Trump said. “Honestly, he may have ruined his political career.”

Nikita Vladimirov contributed.

– Updated at 11:14 a.m.