Washington (CNN) Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry told CNN Thursday he will support Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee and will do everything he can do to help him get elected. Perry, speaking by phone from his hometown of Roundtop, Texas, acknowledged Trump is not his ideal choice. When Perry was a candidate for president earlier in the 2016 cycle, he was the first to come out and criticize Trump and question his conservative credentials, calling his candidacy a "cancer on conservatism." "He is not a perfect man. But what I do believe is that he loves this country and he will surround himself with capable, experienced people and he will listen to them," Perry said Thursday.Perry acknowledged Trump is not his ideal choicePerry said he would consider being Trump's running mate
"He is one of the most talented people who has ever run for the president I have ever seen," he added, saying _ knows how to market and brand like no one he has ever seen.