--- title: Donald Trump Calls on Jeb Bush To End His Campaign description: After Jeb Bush put on a weak performance in the third Republican debate, Donald Trump called on him to end his campaign canonical: https://time.com/4098194/donald-trump-jeb-bush-campaign/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-03T16:20:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:18:16.330Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Calls on Jeb Bush To End His Campaign og:description: It comes as Bush tries to reset his campaign og:url: https://time.com/4098194/donald-trump-jeb-bush-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt798845c0a0ef8310/69886e605f570ff444b1e0c4/151028_em_republicandebate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 151028_EM_RepublicanDebate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Calls on Jeb Bush To End His Campaign twitter:description: It comes as Bush tries to reset his campaign twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt798845c0a0ef8310/69886e605f570ff444b1e0c4/151028_em_republicandebate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Calls on Jeb Bush To End His Campaign  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 3, 2015 4:20 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush take part in the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California. Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush take part in the presidential debates at the Reagan Library on September 16, 2015 in Simi Valley, California.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 3, 2015 4:20 PM CUT After Jeb Bush [put on a weak performance in the third Republican debate](http://time.com/4092125/republican-debate-jeb-bush-lost/ "undefined"), Donald Trump called on the erstwhile establishment favorite to end his campaign. “Look, Jeb is a nice guy. He’s a stiff, okay? He’s a nice guy. He doesn’t have a chance, alright. He ought to do what Walker did,” Trump [told ABC Tuesday](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-experience-president/story?id=34931301 "undefined"). “Jeb is not a man that’s going to make it. He’s wasting his time, he’s wasting a lot of money.” Bush is in the midst of a [reset of his campaign](http://time.com/4096374/jeb-bush-presidential-campaign-reset/ "undefined"), unrolling a new slogan “Jeb Can Fix It” and attempting to come bounce back from his slide in the polls, and hitting Trump in the process. “You can’t just tell Congress… ‘You’re Fired’… and go to a commercial break,” Bush [said at a campaign stop in Florida](http://time.com/4096799/jeb-bush/ "undefined") Monday. 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