--- ---  # Trump: Cruz Is 'Worse Than Hillary'  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 20, 2016 4:02 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Norwalk, Iowa, on Jan. 20, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Norwalk, Iowa, on Jan. 20, 2016.Evan Vucci—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 20, 2016 4:02 PM UTC Yesterday was a [very bad day for Ted Cruz](http://time.com/4186310/ted-cruz-terry-branstad-sarah-palin/), and today Donald Trump continued to pile the misery on the Texas Senator. Speaking at a rally in Norwalk, Iowa Wednesday morning, Trump went on an extended riff against Cruz, hitting him on being [born in Canada](http://time.com/3754408/ted-cruz-history-natural-born/) and [failing to disclose a Goldman Sachs loan](http://time.com/4180061/ted-cruz-goldman-sachs-citibank-loan/) during his first Senate campaign. “What’s he going to do, be rough on Goldman Sachs when he’s got a personal guarantee for like whatever the number was, a million dollars?” Trump said of Cruz’s undisclosed loan. “So I think you gotta think about that. .. And he said with the being a Canadian citizen he said, ‘Oh I didn’t know that.’ How did he not know that? Then he said with the loans, ‘Oh, I didn’t know that.’ Trump then leveled a harsh criticism at Cruz before a Republican audience: He compared him unfavorably to Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton: “Smart guy, he doesn’t know that? Yeah, that’s worse than Hillary when you think about it.” On Tuesday, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad [said he doesn’t want Cruz to win](http://time.com/4185696/iowa-gov-wants-ted-cruz-defeated/?xid=homepage), and former Cruz supporter Sarah Palin [endorsed Trump](http://time.com/4185689/donald-trump-sarah-palin-endorse-2016-election/?xid=homepage) for president. Earlier in the primary season, Cruz and Trump had been nice to each other, but the “bromance” ended when the two became closer in the polls. Donald Trump: Ted Cruz Is 'Worse Than Hillary' Clinton ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4186862/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4186862/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Trump: Cruz Is 'Worse Than Hillary'","datePublished":"2016-01-20T16:02:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:17:13.247Z","description":"In Iowa, Trump went on an extended riff against Cruz, hitting him on being born in Canada and failing to disclose a Goldman Sachs loan.","url":"https://time.com/4186862/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Iowa","ted cruz"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3991d9920583da10/698879c5a988ca6e686b630a/trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3991d9920583da10/698879c5a988ca6e686b630a/trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Norwalk, Iowa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Norwalk, Iowa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4186862/donald-trump-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton/","name":"Trump: Cruz Is 'Worse Than Hillary'"}}]}] ```