Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described Jeb Bush in his 2000 book as “bright, tough, and principled,” “a good man,” and wrote Bush “may be” president someday. He also wrote positively of education policies Bush pushed through in Florida.

“Florida Governor Jeb Bush is a good man,” wrote Trump in his book, The America We Deserve. “I’ve held fundraisers for him. He’s exactly the kind of political leader this country needs now and will very much need in the future. He, too, knows how to hang in there.”

“His first shot at Florida’s governorship didn’t work out, but he didn’t give up. He was campaigning the day after his loss. He won the next race in a landslide. He’s bright, tough, and principled. I like the Bush family very much. I believe we could get another president from the Bushes. He may be the one.”