Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney eviscerated current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in a remarkable speech, casting him as unfit to be the president of the United States. Romney appealed to Republican voters to consider the consequences of a vote for Trump in caucuses and primaries across the country saying: “If we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are diminished.”
Romney made clear that he, himself, is not planning to run and called on voters to consider any of the four remaining Republican candidates, cautioning that: “A person so untrustworthy and dishonest as [Democratic candidate] Hillary Clinton must not become president.” But the former Massachusetts governor said Trump has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president.
Romney, who ran unsuccessfully against President Barack Obama four years ago, spoke in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum.
Romney's attacks on Trump contrast markedly with the two men's relationship in 2012, when billionaire real-estate mogul Trump championed Romney, who in turn praised Trump's business expertise.