[anton]

Cruz served one purpose and one only. It was to depress the Trump delegate count. If you don’t know that by now, there is no hope for you. Go to NR and post there.

[grey_whiskers]

Which means that the GOP-e has decided that (for whatever reason) they no longer need Cruz to stop Trump, and they didn't want to risk Trump and Cruz combining to gain a majority of the delegates, so they cajoled Cruz into attacking Trump's wife, leading to the expected-and-immediate death by blowtorch.

Which they can use to paint *Trump* as unstable.

Problem is, it won't work. Trump supporters will remain loyal.