Ron Paul on Monday said presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE and Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE are disappointing options for voters hungry for change.

“I think the people are left with very poor choices and no real contest,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

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“Overall, foreign policy won’t change in either party in a significant manner, spending is going to continue, government intervention, the Federal Reserve is going to keep manipulating interest rates and never facing up to the fact that this country has lived way beyond its means, and the debt is incomprehensible, and all we know is it’s going to grow and grow.”

Paul also dismissed the idea of third-party presidential candidates like Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson making an impact.

“In this country, we do not really have democracy,” he said. "Even if we were really, really super happy with the Libertarian candidate, do you think they’d get into the debates?

“No,” the former GOP House representative from Texas answered. "The debates are run by the Republicans and Democrats. They’d find a way of excluding them.

“That’s not going to happen, unless you’re a billionaire and you put enough pressure and the media capitulates and says, ‘Hey, maybe we ought to talk to a third-party candidate.’ ”

Paul added that he dislikes the potentially messy general election battle coming up between Clinton and Trump.

“I think the fighting, the personal fighting, is a distraction from the real issue, which is personal liberty and the bankruptcy of this country and the failure of our foreign policy. That’s where the problem is.”

Clinton leads Trump by roughly 2 percentage points nationwide, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls.