He had to respond, and all he said was “spill the beans on Heidi.” And for all we know, there may be beans we haven’t floated to the surface.
The Melania photo was likely purchased months ago and was being saved for the ‘ripe moment.’
The Cruz Mistress Crises -#theThing was heavily rumored to be released. So Cruz’s team sent out the Trump photo as a preemptive strike to soften the blowback for Cruz. The bonus was mocking the outrage and being able to blame Trump for retaliatory treatment.
And, there’s proof on the celebrity gossip blogs. The first challenge to find a cheating POTUS candidate was in August 2015. It was supposed to be with a journalist. Another challenge was issued (but reworded more specific) in December 2015. Hundreds of comments or tips were sent in to their sleuths. And POTUS was solved to be Cruz 12/15, BTW. Only difference is the mistress was supposed to be a lobbyist. So maybe there’s another guy, yet to be outed. Or maybe a mistress yet to be uncovered.
Team Cruz likely received a 48 hour notice from the Enquirer. That is how they dealt with Sarah Palin’s daughter and Levi Johnson. They informed both families and Sarah was forced to disclose Bristol’s condition. But they did give her the courtesy of the “heads-up.”
“He had to respond...”
Well, no. No he didn’t. Not like that. Maybe it’s just me, but responding like that meant knowingly dragging out a long and very ugly distraction ... Nero is fiddling.
As Gingrich said, he could have responded, and should have, but his response was silly, and even sillier was the later tweet with side by side pictures.
I agree with what Gingrich said Trump should have responded with, that would have ended it and made Cruz look the fool... Trump didn’t help himself with how he handled it.