The Washington Globalist Cabal, the WGC, selected Ted because they thought he could help hide implementation of the policies Hedi Cruz wrote about and praised for creating the NAU.
Given the fact that Ted worked on policy in the Bush Administration, is married to Hedi, and that these things don't happen overnight, Ted's absolutely aware of the goal which is to eliminate the US as a nation replacing it with the combination of the NAU just like the nations of Europe are only references on the map now that Brussels controls their policies.
....And with the UK set to vote to LEAVE Brussels this coming June. The start of the end for that failed experiment.