Trump Calls Truce with Kelly

Donald Trump’s Twitter feud with Fox News host Megyn Kelly is over.

The real estate developer said Wednesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show” that he has no interest in continuing his practice of retweeting negative comments about the journalist.

“I have much bigger things to think about, honestly,” he said. “I have a lot of things I want to get out.”

Trump famously went after Kelly following the first Republican debate Aug. 6 in which she asked him a series of tough questions. After the dustup appeared to have died down, he retweeted a comment referring to her as a “bimbo” on Monday after she returned from vacation. The revived spat was trending for more than 48 hours on Twitter following the retweet.

This is “not a death struggle,” Trump said, noting that he watched Kelly’s show Tuesday night and liked it. “Not a big deal.”

But he told Ingraham he had just gotten off the phone with Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes.

This is “not a death struggle,” he said, noting that he watched Kelly’s show Tuesday night and liked it. “Not a big deal.”

Backed by a fresh set of polls confirming his solid lead in the Republican presidential race, Trump downplayed the impact of “loyalty oaths” that party leaders in some states are mulling.

Trump, who has refused to rule out an independent candidacy if he is not granted the GOP nomination, said he is not concerned by talk in Virginia and North Carolina of requiring GOP candidates to pledge their support to the eventual nominee as a condition of appearing on primary ballots.

“I don’t see it as a problem, because I obviously, you know I’m leading in every poll,” he said.

Trump went after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is scheduled to appear at a campaign event in his home state later on Wednesday. Trump tied Bush to his brother, former President George W. Bush.

“Jeb is failing, and part of the reason he is failing is because of his brother. I mean, his brother went in and attacked the wrong people. He broke up Iraq and destabilized the Middle East,” he said. “Jeb is down at 5 and 6 percent in some of these places.”

“Jeb is failing, and part of the reason he is failing is because of his brother. I mean, his brother went in and attacked the wrong people. He broke up Iraq and destabilized the Middle East,” he said. “Jeb is down at 5 and 6 percent in some of these places.”

Trump questioned Bush’s competence after the former Florida governor made a trip Monday to the southern border and became caught in a mini-controversy over comments that Asians are coming to the U.S. in order to have babies who are U.S. citizens.

Trump defended his immigration plans from Bush’s criticisms that it could not work.

“What he tried to do is put it onto Asians. And now he’s lost the Asian vote,” Trump said. “I don’t know. Does he know what he’s doing? I have no idea.”

Trump defended his immigration plans from Bush’s criticisms that it could not work.

“My plan is very practical,” he said. “People love my plan. They’re not liking it; they’re loving it. They love the wall. They love the fact that you have to be legal to be in (this) country. … It will be a very humane plan. It will work. And it will make us all feel better about our country. And it can be done.”

On other topics, Trump called the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact between the United States and a group of Asian nations “a terrible deal.”

He also called for defunding Planned Parenthood after the release of an eighth undercover video exposing officials at the nation’s largest abortion provider discussing the harvesting of organs from aborted fetuses as they drank glasses of wine.

“Every time you see it, it gets worse and worse,” said Trump.