It might be hard to believe given the furor over Donald Trump’s recent anti-immigration comments, but in the aftermath of the 2012 defeat for Republicans, Trump had some harsh words for former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney about his outreach to the Latino community:

Real estate mogul Donald Trump recently reflected on former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s loss, telling Newsmax that the candidate failed to resonate among certain demographics in part because of his “maniacal” immigration policy.

“He had a crazy policy of self-deportation, which was maniacal,” Trump said. “It sounded as bad as it was, and he lost all of the Latino vote … He lost the Asian vote. He lost everybody who is inspired to come into this country.”

This was sort of an “I told you so” moment for the billionaire, as he predicted in the summer of 2012 that Republicans’ stance toward immigrants would cost the party in November:

Read the article “In 2012 Trump Called Romney “Maniacal” for Opposing Amnesty” on thepulse2016.com.