--- title: Donald Trump: Ted Cruz, John Kasich Should Drop Out description: Donald Trump called for Ted Cruz and John Kasich to drop out of the 2016 presidential race at the TIME 100 gala. canonical: https://time.com/4308826/donald-trump-time-100-gala-john-kasich-ted-cruz/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T01:14:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:08.114Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Calls on Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Drop Out of the Race og:description: "Frankly they have no path to victory" og:url: https://time.com/4308826/donald-trump-time-100-gala-john-kasich-ted-cruz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted714831d6a26e75/698890c42dce018d089e8d34/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-20.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-ELECTION-VOTE-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Calls on Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Drop Out of the Race twitter:description: "Frankly they have no path to victory" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted714831d6a26e75/698890c42dce018d089e8d34/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-20.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Calls on Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Drop Out of the Race  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 1:14 AM UTC  Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016. Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016.Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 1:14 AM UTC [TIME 100](http://time.com/collection/2016-time-100/) honoree [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4302104/donald-trump-2016-time-100/) said fellow Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich “should drop out” of the race, shortly before it was announced that he’d swept the primaries in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island. “They should drop out, because frankly they have no path to victory,” Trump said on the red carpet at the TIME 100 gala on Tuesday night. His comments come after Cruz and Kasich [announced](http://time.com/4306047/cruz-kasich-unite-block-trump-gop-election-2016/?iid=sr-link1) that they are teaming up to stop the real estate mogul from reaching the 1,237 delegates necessary to cinch the GOP nomination. Trump also said on Tuesday night that “no one has told me to act more presidential,” responding to [reports](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/donald-trump-paul-manafort-corey-lewandowski-222430) that his campaign aides are trying to make him sound more like a future president. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308826/donald-trump-time-100-gala-john-kasich-ted-cruz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308826/donald-trump-time-100-gala-john-kasich-ted-cruz/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Calls on Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Drop Out of the Race","datePublished":"2016-04-27T01:14:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:08.114Z","description":"\"Frankly they have no path to victory\"","url":"https://time.com/4308826/donald-trump-time-100-gala-john-kasich-ted-cruz/","keywords":["TIME 100","Donald Trump","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted714831d6a26e75/698890c42dce018d089e8d34/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-20.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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