The thing is, regardless of what Trump said, he is no better nor worse than any of the other candidates on this. They all are going to say the same thing, mince their words so they don’t appear to be a “hater.”
The anti-Trump brigade here on FR will have strokes when he hits 40% and has a lock on the nomination.
There simply are no other acceptable candidates other than Trump and Cruz.
Walker, Fiorina, Carson et al have all proven they are unworthy. Carson crashed very recently by taking some lamentable positions.
And Cruz can’t win the nomination IMO. He will be the likely VP choice of Trump. That is his road to the presidency.