Trump doesn’t do affirmative action appointments. If he picks Cruz, it’s because he deems him a good fit and defender of the constitution. Would be a long shot though since he wasn’t on the original list.
Disagree.
Trump realizes the ‘optics’ and he also knows Justice Thomas was approved after a big confirmation battle by... playing the race card. When he said “high tech lynching” he’d shut the Dems up and was confirmed.
Cruz is also from a safe R state (Texas) and is a potential threat in 2020 for interparty fighting.
All good reasons to move him to SCOTUS.