Class A panderer - insufferable know it all type that turns people off - too bad he’s not brilliant enough to know he’s being used...but then again, he probably has alot to gain by playing along with the Bush/Reince/Ryan game.
Get absorbed into the system, and claim you alone can change it...hilarious!
I figure the worst case scenario is Cruz’s wife gets raised from 800,000 yr to 3 million a year, and Ted gets paid off with a balloon payment down the road : )