Couple of months ago, it came out that according to Dobson, Trump accepted Christ. I have seen some evidence of that - of him changing. Perhaps forgiving Ted (if he has) is more evidence. Believers are called to forgive as we have been forgiven.
Forgiveness will be shared around in the spirit of Christ.
It is so easy to hate some other person who did one dirty so bad that one can’t see the wishes that the good Lord has for that person, and that one hasn’t earned any more than that person has earned.
Donald’s behavior some months back, with his seemingly absurd level of purpose and hope, to me looks like the effects of being visited by the Holy Spirit, and not just any spirit, but that of Christ who will sacrifice for the glorification of God with His stunning kindness.
Christianity in this aspect is, in fact, what secular political lefties have been attempting to ape, but have always copped out on by trying to make other people do it without being generous in the face of opposition themselves.
I think Donald will “disappoint” conservatives in many cases in that sense, being seemingly too easy on those who were not gung ho for him or who now appear easily venal. Ted Cruz is only one example. Reince Priebus is another.
Donald Trump seems, at heart, to be an old fashioned liberal. He won’t damn someone without checking them out thoroughly, which he may not have even had the occasion or the time to do yet. Some of his continued faults, e.g. being warm to things like LGBT, may be amended in future, I believe, as he notices America, the America for which he has sacrificed his life and sacred honor, being gratuitously stung by them.