You know, if you (and I mean “generic” you) are a liberal drone and your attention span extends somewhere between a bumper sticker and an 11 second sound bite, you’re never gonna “get” Cruz. You have to stick around for the explanation instead of falling for the sloganeering.
Cruz should stay his course. He is not going to convince anyone who cannot handle the explanation. And furthermore, I believe he needs to contrast himself as a truth teller versus the pathological liars infesting this admin from one end to the other. How he does that will require some finesse. But I believe he can do it.
At this point Ted Cruz can pick and choose his battles while letting Trump be the trail blazer and taking the most flack.
In a unspoken manner Ted Cruz is telling Trump “ I got your 6 “.