At this point in time its a hypothetical question.
What will the Trump supporters say and think if Trump were to tell them to stand down ?
Will they change their criticism of Ted Cruz for saying to stand down ?
“What will the Trump supporters say and think if Trump were to tell them to stand down ?
Will they change their criticism of Ted Cruz for saying to stand down ?”
Don’t scramble the issues.
One is standing down from this remote, forced and forlorn hope ‘show down’.
The second and more important issue is Cruz apparently brushing away the rights of defense of self and defense of others as being unconstitutional in principle.