Rush Limbaugh speculated that Jeb Bush reneging an endorsement to Donald Trump could give the front-runner a reason to go back on his pledge. Trump hits back: I don't want Jeb's endorsement anyway

Donald Trump responded on Wednesday to a POLITICO story reporting that Jeb Bush had considered reneging on his pledge to support the GOP nominee, even if it's Trump. Trump's bottom line: I don't want his support anyway.

“I really don’t want Jeb’s endorsement because he is a low energy person and he does not represent strength, power and stamina, which are qualities our country desperately needs,” Trump said in a statement emailed to the Washington Post, adding, “If he does not endorse and support me as the nominee, legally he cannot be on the ballot in many states so that would be the end of his candidacy.”


On Wednesday conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh also addressed the POLITICO story, speculating that Trump could seize upon Bush’s potential reversal as a reason to go back on his pledge.

“Let's say that if Jeb gets out, and if when he gets out he says, ‘I'm not gonna support Trump. I will not support him in a Republican Party nomination.’ Well, that could give Trump grounds to say, ‘Yeah, I've always predicated this on being treated fairly and being supported. If that's gonna happen, then screw you guys,’” Limbaugh said. “I mean, I could see that happening, if Jeb or other powerful figures in the Republican Party publicly claim that they're gonna split the scene."

But Limbaugh also observed that Trump's re-commitment on Tuesday night to not launching a third-party bid appeared "sincere."

"Aside from that, I mean, it was a pretty serious commitment, and it was sincere, and it was from the heart," the radio host said.