- 他调侃称，克鲁兹是唯一能获得“100%民主党选票和100%共和党选票”的候选人，因为议员们会希望“把他从国会中弄出去”。
特朗普的这番言论是在克鲁兹与其他议员随总统前往得克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂发表能源相关讲话之后作出的。
“我们有一位非常出色的参议员，”特朗普在科珀斯克里斯蒂港的户外活动中表示，“我正在考虑提名他进入最高法院……提名过程非常困难，而他是我所知道的唯一能获得100%民主党选票和100%共和党选票的人。他们想把他从那里弄出去。”
“他确实是个‘麻烦制造者’，但他非常优秀且才华横溢，”总统继续说道，“如果我们遇到任何问题，我只需提名特德。这样就能解决问题……他是个很棒的人，也非常有才华——很聪明。”
克鲁兹拥有哈佛大学法学院的法律学位，在担任得克萨斯州司法部长期间曾在最高法院就8个案件进行辩护，之后回到私人执业领域，又在最高法院就第9个案件进行了辩护。
据《得克萨斯论坛报》报道，在克鲁兹2012年竞选参议员时，他处理的最高法院案件数量在得克萨斯州任何执业律师或国会议员中都是最多的。
他于2013年宣誓就任参议员，在任期间一直倡导有限政府、经济增长和国家安全。
克鲁兹随后在2016年大选周期中角逐共和党总统候选人提名，但未能与特朗普的人气相抗衡。2016年5月3日，在印第安纳州初选中失利后，他暂停了竞选活动。
在特朗普于科珀斯克里斯蒂的讲话中，他还简要谈到了与伊朗的持续谈判，表示美国面临着是否对伊朗发动打击的“重大决定”——总统称他已与克鲁兹及周五随行的其他议员讨论过这一选项。
“我们现在有很多事情要处理。我们必须做出一个重大决定……这并不容易，”特朗普说，“我们的国家47年来一直把人们的腿和胳膊炸掉……杀害大量民众，不仅是美国人……他们想要达成协议，但我们必须达成一个有意义的协议。我在来这里的路上和特德·克鲁兹、约翰以及其他人谈过。”
“正如你们所知，我们用那些漂亮的B-2轰炸机对他们进行了沉重打击——最近摧毁了他们的核能力，”他继续说道，“我更希望通过和平方式解决问题，但他们是非常难以相处的人。我要告诉你们，他们是非常危险的人，非常难以相处的人。”
特朗普周五早些时候告诉记者，他尚未决定是否对伊朗发动军事打击，但对近期的谈判表示不满。
President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of putting Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on the Supreme Court, joking he is the only nominee who would receive “100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote” because lawmakers would want to “get him out” of Congress.
Trump’s comments came after Cruz and other lawmakers traveled with the president to make remarks on energy in Corpus Christi, Texas.
“We have a senator who’s really an amazing guy,” Trump said during the outdoor engagement at the Port of Corpus Christi. “I’m thinking about putting him in the Supreme Court. … Getting these nominations through is very tough, and he’s the only guy I know who’ll get 100% of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote. They want to get him out of there.”
“He is such a pain in the a–, but he’s so good and so talented,” the president continued. “If we ever had a problem, I just pick Ted. That would solve that problem. … He’s a great guy, and he’s a very talented guy too — smart.”
Cruz, who earned his law degree from Harvard Law School, argued eight cases before the Supreme Court as Solicitor General of Texas, before returning to private practice where he argued his ninth before the highest court.
At the time of Cruz’s 2012 Senate run, he had tried the most Supreme Court cases of any practicing lawyer in Texas or any member of Congress, according to the Texas Tribune.
He was sworn into the Senate in 2013, where he has advocated for limited government, economic growth and national security.
Cruz went on to run for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 election cycle, but failed to match Trump’s popularity. He suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016, after losing the Indiana primary.
During Trump’s remarks in Corpus Christi, he also briefly addressed ongoing talks with Iran, saying the U.S. faces a “very big decision” on whether to strike the country — an option the president said he ran by Cruz and other lawmakers who joined him Friday.
“We’ve got a lot of things going on now. We have a big decision to make. … Not easy,” Trump said. “We have a country that’s been, for 47 years, blowing people’s legs off, arms off … killing people, lots of people. Not only Americans. … They want to make a deal, but we’ve got to make a deal that’s meaningful. I spoke with Ted Cruz, John, all of them on the way here.”
“We hit them real hard, as you know, with those beautiful B-2 bombers — recently knocked out their nuclear capability,” he continued. “I’d rather do it the peaceful way, but they’re very difficult people. I want to tell you that they’re very dangerous people, very difficult people.”
Trump told reporters earlier Friday he had not yet decided if he would launch military strikes on Iran, but voiced his unhappiness with recent negotiations.
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