Much like djt.. anything you disagree with is deflection or soft..or well what ever.
Sorry to tell you MOST people like the idea of at least a good understating of the way the world works over complete novices. i.e. not knowing what the Nuclear Triad is.
Don’t pretend that Cruz is an outsider when his campaign is filled with insiders. You can’t get much more inside than the Chertoff Group. Maybe The Carlyle Group. Oh wait, they did a deal together.