If he gets elected president, Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Press: Notorious RBG vs Notorious GOP The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE could have a message for Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE: you’re hired.

The Texas senator lauded his GOP presidential rival’s negotiating skills in an interview published Tuesday and said he’d love to bring him into his administration to help make trade deals.

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“There is no doubt that Donald Trump would be a phenomenal negotiator with China and if you look at TPP [Trans Pacific Partnership] — I have come out against TPP, it is an incredibly long and complicated mess of a bill,” Cruz said during an interview with Brietbart News.

“There is no doubt that Donald Trump would be a tremendously effective negotiator to help open up foreign markets.”

While other Republicans and Democrats both are slamming Trump for his proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S., Cruz has voiced disagreement with the plan but refrained from attacking the GOP front-runner. The Brietbart piece notes that Cruz said during a radio interview last week that he’d “absolutely” hire Trump to build a wall along the southern border.

A Monmouth poll on Monday showed Cruz bumping Trump from the top spot in Iowa. But Trump still maintained a lead in a CNN poll of Iowa released the same day but using a different way to sample voters.

“I like and respect Donald Trump,” Cruz told Breitbart on Monday.

“I continue to like and respect Donald Trump. While other candidates in this race have gone out of their way to throw rocks at him, to insult him, I have consistently declined to do so and I have no intention of changing that now.”