The week according to Donald

It was another eventful week in the race for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination. Here are the highlights, through quotes from front-runner Donald Trump:

Nuke ISIL: Trump said he would be prepared to use tactical nuclear weapons against ISIL in an interview with Bloomberg: “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.”

Lyin’ Ted: Trump was angry this week at an ad that raised questions about Melania Trump becoming first lady.

The ad showed a provocative, decadeold 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. Cruz responded by telling Trump, “Leave Heidi the hell alone.” He called Trump a “small and petty man” who is easily cowed by “strong women,” and added, “Donald, you’re a snivelling coward.”

Brussels hellhole: Trump on ISIL’s terrorist attacks on Brussels: “Remember when I recently said that Brussels is a ‘hellhole’ and a mess,” Trump said in a Twitter posting. “I was so right!”

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 henchman 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.”