I finally had a chance to research when the photo of Trump and Cruz was taken at Trump Tower. It was on July 15, 2015, after they both had announced their candidacy. It’s very possible that each realized they were “outcasts” at the time and thus saw each other as their only viable competition for votes (from a crowded field at the time). They met primarily to to strategize over Plan A, B, C and D, for their respective campaigns, in that order, since neither man’s candidacy would be looked upon very kindly by the “old guard.”
….Then Cruz made a quick stop to visit and old friend in town: Donald Trump.
The two 2016 Republican presidential candidates met at Trump Tower around 5:00 p.m. local time, where they discussed a wide variety of topics in a “very friendly” meeting, according to Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler.
Cruz said Wednesday that he had met with Trump several times before they entered the race and that he’s friends with many of his 2016 rivals. Despite Trump’s entrance sucking away support from the senator in poll, Cruz has defended the mogul’s controversial comments about Mexican immigrants and praises him for drawing attention to illegal immigration. ….
In spite of all their wrangling of late and Trump deliberately playing the go-nowhere “birther card” against Cruz as a distraction and Cruz playing into some of his games and bouncing insults back, I think the joke is on the American people who are watching all of these shenanigans unfold. H@ll, even one or more of the networks who aired the debates might even be in on it!
After all, why team up too early and give the “old guard” too much ammunition? This will only incite them to caucus at midnight with pizza in a dark conference room in attempt to put their collective heads together to figure out how to successfully bust the “Trump/Cruz” ticket. Why not drag it out until the 11th hour and get as much voter support as possible (individually and severally) before making it “public” that they will be running mates? By then, it might be too late for the “old guard” to attempt to do anything about it without looking like flaming idiots to the American people thereby causing their waning voter base to revolt to the dems (or any Independent candidates who might be on the ballot).
Trump may be a lot of things but the one attribute he has which no one can take away from him is that he has had a LOT of practice as a master at the chessboard of life. Cruz will follow along, all the while knowing or believing he will eventually have a better job than he currently has regardless of the outcome of the election. (Cruz and his family are actually enrolled in Obamacare thru the Senate’s Federal Employee exchange offerings), lol …:
