After weeks of slamming candidates for what he perceives as their low-energy campaigning, Trump didn’t jab when asked whether he would be facing off with a bunch of sleepers on the stage of 11 at the second Republican debate on Wednesday.

“No, no, no sleepers. Everyone’s capable, everyone’s competent and you do what you need to do. You know I’ve been doing this for a long time and I want to make America great again I know how to do it,” Trump said.

Competent and capable are rarely words that leave Trump’s mouth as he discusses his rivals, whom he’s invariably slammed as “weak,” “boring,” an “idiot” and “spoiled brat.”

Is a different Trump emerging?

“Well, I’m trying to be nice,” he said.