FOUR TRUMP QUOTES THIS WE E K

1 NUKE ISIL

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front- runner, said he would be prepared to use tactical nuclear weapons against ISIL on the battlefield if he becomes president. He said it would be a “last resort” but the option was on the table. Trump, in an interview with Bloomberg, said: “At a minimum I want them to think maybe we would use them. We need unpredictability. The enemy is watching, and I have a very good chance of winning, and I frankly don’t want the enemy to know how I’m thinking. I don’t rule out anything.”

2 LYIN’ TED

Trump was angry this week at an ad that raised questions about the propriety of Melania Trump becoming first lady. The ad showed a provocative, decade- old magazine photo of her when she was a model and before she married Trump. Trump wrongly attributed the ad to the Ted Cruz campaign and warned on Twitter: “Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!” Then on Twitter, Trump released images of Cruz’s wife, with an unflattering grimace, and his wife, Melania, in a glamorous pose. “The images are worth a thousand words,” wrote Trump.

3 BRUSSELS HELLHOLE

Trump said the Islamic State’s terrorist attacks on Brussels that killed more than 30 people show he was right to call the city a “hellhole.” “Remember when I recently said that Brussels is a ‘ hellhole’ and a mess,” Trump said in a Twitter posting. “I was so right!”

4 NO HENCHMAN

Cruz on Friday blamed “Trump and his henchmen” for planting a National Enquirer story that accused him of extramarital affairs. Trump responded saying, “I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer and unlike Lyin’ Ted Cruz I do not surround myself with political hacks and (henchmen) and then pretend total innocence. Ted Cruz’s problem with the National Enquirer is his and his alone, and while they were right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz.”