Trump: ‘Crooked Hillary’ Clinton losing to 'crazy Bernie' Sanders

Donald Trump, the US Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, says Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton – “crooked Hillary” – is losing to her rival, “crazy Bernie” Sanders.

Sanders, who is trailing Clinton in the overall contest for delegates, won the West Virginia primary Tuesday -- one week after he defeated the former secretary of state in Indiana -- keeping his slim hopes of winning the Democratic nomination alive.

"I don't want to hit Crazy Bernie Sanders too hard yet because I love watching what he is doing to Crooked Hillary. His time will come!" Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning.

The billionaire businessman reiterated the "crazy Bernie" moniker during his interview with Fox News.

"I call him crazy Bernie because he's not very good," Trump said. “Probably beating him would be easier.”

“Who’s going to run against a socialist and lose? I mean, he’s a socialist. You’re going to pay 95 percent tax,” Trump said.

“You look at this ‘Crazy Bernie’ character, you look at him, and you see what’s going on, and she’s got some difficulty, there’s no question about it,” he said referring to Clinton, who has a nearly insurmountable lead over Sanders in delegates.

Trump said “everything, really, about Hillary is rigged.”

“How can she run with what she did with the emails?” he said, referring to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)’s into Clinton’s email scandal that appears to be coming to a close.

After Trump's commanding victory in Indiana's primary last week, his remaining challengers, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, both suspended their presidential bids, leaving the businessman tycoon on an uncontested path to the GOP nomination.

Sanders, who calls himself a “Democratic socialist,” has long been critical of US foreign policy and was an early opponent of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Clinton, in contrast, is almost universally recognized as being far more hawkish and inclined to use military force.

Sanders, 74, is also a leading proponent of issues such as income inequality, universal healthcare, parental leave, climate change, and campaign finance reform in the US.

However, the incomes of Bill and Hillary Clinton put them at the upper end of the top 0.1 percent of earners in the US population, according to government data. The exorbitant pay for light work can distance them from the realities most Americans experience at their jobs.

Sanders believes his recent victories show he can not only win the Democratic nomination, but also succeed in the general presidential election, including against Trump.

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