Cruz ‘gets’ Putin’s broader agenda/intentions in the Middle East. Trump, at best!, is dangerously naive and profoundly ignorant on the subject of Russia and their expansionist agenda. And that “at best” is not what I think is going on. Russia is clearly on the move, in large part thanks to the current saboteur-in-chief Obama, in basically restoring the Soviet Union, or something similar to it. The last thing we need is another clown (and/or saboteur) in the White House.
I’ve proposed elsewhere that Cruz could serve as Trump advisor. The only thing stopping that would be Cruz’s pride. Trump has this habit of raking you over the coals one week over some issue — then kissing you the next. Once Cruz is not a rival or challenger, he could be quite the help.