Therein lies the problem.
A SMART man finds a way to accomplish his goals WITHOUT alienating. It called LEADERSHIP.
For some reason Cruz is devoid of this as we've seen during his 3 years in the Senate.
The DEMS, along with the GOPe, has compromised and neutered him nearly every time he has tried to prevail.
That's NOT good. That shows lack of LEADERSHIP skills.
Wow. That's one convoluted pile of BS there. Let's sort this out... You admit that the GOPe and Dems are working together against Cruz and conservative causes... and blame Cruz for it for a "lack of leadership", despite remaining true to the causes through thick and thin... but you baselessly believe that Trump will be magically followed by a majority of Congress... and that Trump never alienates his opponents.
Stunning amount of faith in someone with virtually no actual experience in building a consensus among peers. Trump runs over those who oppose him. He does not build a consensus... and he has alienated more opponents than Cruz has.
(I won’t even bother to remind you that Cruz, the man you’re hinting is not “smart”, was summa cum laude at both Princeton and Harvard Law. Or maybe I just did.)
Perhaps you didn’t recognize the man in the photo, or you are simply ignorant of Churchill’s history.