Donald Trump says that he has "always gotten along well" with Ted Cruz. | Getty Trump won't rule out Cruz as VP pick

In a striking reversal of rhetoric, Donald Trump would not rule out Ted Cruz as his hypothetical vice-presidential pick.

"Well, I don't know. Look, I have nothing against him. It was sort of a sad thing that happened, but I've always liked him," Trump told Hugh Hewitt on his radio show Thursday, after weeks of trashing his primary rival as nasty, hypocritical and disliked.


Trump added that he has "always gotten along well" with Cruz, but that "I'm so much now focused on New Hampshire."

The remarks come a day after Trump said he would likely sue after tweeting that Cruz cheated and "illegally" stole Monday's caucuses in Iowa.

Appearing on ABC's "This Week" on Jan. 17, for example, Trump responded to Cruz's barbs about "New York values" by calling the Texas senator "a nasty guy. Nobody likes him."

"Nobody in Congress likes him. Nobody likes him anywhere, once they get to know him," he said at the time. "He’s a very—he’s got a edge that’s not good. You can’t make deals with people like that, and it’s not a good thing for the country. Very nasty guy.”