--- 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: 2026-05-11T05:00:19.267Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mitt Romney to Weigh in on 2016 Chaos by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 2, 2016 6:59 PM CUT  Left Mitt Romney speaks during the Republican National Committee's winter meeting aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, Calif. on Jan. 16, 2015\. 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. Left Mitt Romney speaks during the Republican National Committee's winter meeting aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, Calif. on Jan. 16, 2015\. 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](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 2, 2016 6:59 PM CUT 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/ "undefined"). Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 nominee, [has been increasingly critical of Trump](http://time.com/4237647/donald-trump-mitt-romney-twitter-taxes/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined"), winning seven states. Romney, who briefly mounting another White House bid this cycle, is not expected to make an endorsement. Romney will give his speech at the Hinckley Institute of Politics Forum at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City at 11:30 p.m. E.T.  ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4245127/mitt-romney-trump-2016-speech-utah/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4245127/mitt-romney-trump-2016-speech-utah/"},"headline":"Mitt Romney to Weigh in on 2016 Chaos","datePublished":"2016-03-02T18:59:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:19.267Z","description":"As Donald Trump is pulling away","url":"https://time.com/4245127/mitt-romney-trump-2016-speech-utah/","keywords":["2016 Election","republicans","2016 Election topic","mitt romney","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75eba719de8fb175/69887f260a4a22ae8f9c88ae/mitt-romney-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75eba719de8fb175/69887f260a4a22ae8f9c88ae/mitt-romney-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"mitt-romney-donald-trump","caption":"Left Mitt Romney speaks during the Republican National Committee's winter meeting aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, Calif. on Jan. 16, 2015. 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