I don’t know enough to address it.
What strikes me is that both parents seem to have been pretty unstable & at least somewhat capricious, even irresponsible- at least when Ted was a child. It’s not clear about his mom, but his father’s radicalism in faith sort of mirrors his situation when he was in Cuba & acting to overthrow Batista in favor of Castro.
It seems (to me) that he (the father) gravitates to the ‘’revolutionary’’ & dramatic. :-) Maybe it’s a ‘’hot blooded Latin mindset’’ thing, I dunno. But Ted seems to have followed in his footsteps in that regard.
People pin their hopes for a ‘’solid conservative’’ on him, but is that what he really is? He plays a little fast & loose with the Constitution for my tastes. And too much in the direction of his own interests (not just his own citizenship/ eligibility issues, but his positions wrt immigration as well).
I think he would be very vulnerable to corruption in order to serve his goals. That’s too much like a democrat, imho.
Agree with everything you said! Just one point to mention. It’s been conclusively proven that Rafael Sr couldn’t have fought with Castro against Batista. Rafael left Cuba before the fighting got started.
This tendency to lie/play loose with the facts, particularly for self glorification, is very strong in alcoholics. Whether it persists after a person sobers up would, I’m guessing, depend almost entirely on the reasons and means of recovery. Many recovering alcoholics simply substitute one addiction for another, so not much fundamental healing occurs.
I pray blessings on all the Cruzes. It couldn’t have been easy on any of them. But this tendency to embellish/rewrite history bears watching. It’s definitely in the mix.