He probably wouldn't have, except that Cruz brought up his religion late last week so maybe Trump thought it was fair game at that point.
I truly don't understand why denomination/religion has to be a huge factor. The Founding Fathers didn't, or they would have established a state church. It's the Constitution that needs to be saved at this moment. If we can rescue religious freedom (for Christians) now, then the other saving will be able to happen.
So far, I haven’t witnessed anything in Cruz’s behavior evidencing he isn’t a born again believer acting through faith in Christ.
Like all of us, even if he does sin, that doesn’t mean he isn’t Christian.
Conversely, the association of Christianity or Evangelicalism with a cultural influence from Cuba does manifest a lack of spiritual insight on the behalf of Trump. IMHO, even if Trump were Christian and out of fellowship with God, his comments indicate Trump doesn’t understand spiritual rebirth, and most likely only perceives differences in denominations as comparative theology, no different than comparing Wicca, Buddhism, or Humanism.
Cruz is given even more support by Trump’s opinion, in that Cruz overcame a cultural influence of Catholicism in favor of being born again and manifests behavior consistent with a truly spiritual walk with God through faith in Christ.
From a worldly perspective, Trump is more likely to influence an unbelieving America, but IMHO, Cruz is much more qualified to provide proper leadership to the USA in the next 8 years.
>> I truly don’t understand why denomination/religion has to be a huge factor <<
Then you seem not to know much about how Evangelicals dominate the Iowa GOP caucuses.
He probably wouldn’t have, except that Cruz brought up his religion late last week so maybe Trump thought it was fair game at that point.