He’s running as a reformer, so looking to shame them rather than spend inordinate effort (in proportion to the delegates garnered) trying to push over the Great Wall Of Colorado arguably made sense. But he couldn’t have possibly predicted this tweet. They might as well have tweeted a cartoon of an elephant on a gallows.
When Trump rages, maybe there’s a method to his madness. Maybe he’s trying to uncork public anger at an unresponsive body politic, of both parties.
“But he couldn’t have possibly predicted this tweet. “
No Trump couldn’t have predicted the tweet, it was cream, just an additional free nuclear bomb they gave him to use.
Superficial and shallow thinkers always make those kinds of mistakes - strategic thinkers anticipate them and use them. That is why shallow thinkers are always in reactive mode, they make stupid mistakes. That is where Cruz is now, reacting, while Trump is proactively controlling the narrative yet again. If anything illustrates the difference between Trump and Cruz as president this does. It also explains why Trump signs 22k paychecks on the FRONT - Cruz hasn’t sign even one paycheck on the front.
There is a stark contrast between the two and it should be very clear who would be best for America.