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Trump says he’s thinking of putting Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Supreme Court

By Thomson Reuters Feb 27, 2026 | 4:36 PM

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday said ​he was considering nominating ‌Republican Senator Ted Cruz for a future seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, although ‌Cruz ​last month ⁠said he was ⁠not interested.

Trump, introducing Cruz at a rally in Corpus Christi, called the Texas ​Republican “an amazing guy,” joking that he would ⁠easily win confirmation ⁠from Democrats and ​Republicans in Congress alike because ​they wanted to get him ‌out of the Senate.

“He’s the only guy I know, he’ll get 100% ⁠of the Democrat vote, 100% of the Republican vote. They want ⁠to ‌get him out ⁠of there. He ​is ‌such a pain in ​the ⁠ass, but he’s so good and so talented.”

(Reporting by Bo Erickson, writing by Andrea Shalal, Editing by ​Bhargav Acharya)