Trump during the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center on May 16 in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images In the weeks since Donald Trump's presidential declaration, the billionaire real-estate mogul has taken some decidedly controversial positions.

So much so, in fact, that several of Trump's business relationships have suffered. The past week for Trump was so wild that even he concluded that running for president was bad for his brand.

Despite the outspoken entrepreneur's reputation for talking without a filter, a tweet Trump appeared to have retweeted Saturday — and then deleted — may suggest even he knows when something has gone too far.

The tweet, captured by Media Matters executive VP Angelo Carusone, shows Trump quoting a tweet from another Twitter user who wrote "#JebBush has to like the Mexican illegals because of his wife."

Bush's wife, Columba, is Mexican. The two met while Bush was in Mexico for a high-school trip.

Carusone notes the tweet was live for about 24 hours before it was apparently deleted.

Trump has become engulfed in controversy after, in his presidential-launch speech, he described Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and drug runners.

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you," Trump said while raging against illegal immigration, according to a transcript. "They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."



Those remarks prompted several businesses to sever ties with Trump. Macy's announced it had canceled its Trump clothing line. NBC said it was ending its relationship with Trump and that he would no longer be allowed to host "The Apprentice." Univision and NBC also dropped Trump's Miss Universe Organization beauty pageants.

