--- title: Mitt Romney to Weigh in on Donald Trump, 2016 Election description: Mitt Romney is giving a speech Thursday on the state of the 2016 presidential race canonical: https://time.com/4245127/mitt-romney-trump-2016-speech-utah/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-02T18:59:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:51.200Z article:section: Politics og:title: Mitt Romney to Weigh in on 2016 Chaos og:description: As Donald Trump is pulling away og:url: https://time.com/4245127/mitt-romney-trump-2016-speech-utah/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75eba719de8fb175/69887f260a4a22ae8f9c88ae/mitt-romney-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: mitt-romney-donald-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mitt Romney to Weigh in on 2016 Chaos twitter:description: As Donald Trump is pulling away twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75eba719de8fb175/69887f260a4a22ae8f9c88ae/mitt-romney-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mitt Romney to Weigh in on 2016 Chaos > Sponsored content. 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Right Donald Trump waves as he arrives at a caucus night watch party at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Feb. 23, 2016. Gregory Bull—AP; Ethan Miller—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 2, 2016 6:59 PM UTC Mitt Romney is giving a speech Thursday on the state of the 2016 presidential race, hours before the next Republican debate and at a moment [Donald Trump is threatening to run away with the party’s nomination](http://time.com/4244460/how-republicans-hope-to-stop-trump/). Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 nominee, [has been increasingly critical of Trump](http://time.com/4237647/donald-trump-mitt-romney-twitter-taxes/) as the billionaire business mogul has gained traction in the race. Trump had [a dominating Super Tuesday performance](http://time.com/4244278/super-tuesday-primary-results-donald-trump-ted-cruz-marco-rubio/), winning seven states. Romney, who briefly mounting another White House bid this cycle, is not expected to make an endorsement. 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