I like to think it was a mistake, but then he let the guy gonna on and on. I always thought Cruz waited too long to go on the offensive. He gave Trump too big a head start.
Cruz’s offensive was coming in ‘the face of God’... Trying to reenact Gideon in South Carolina. Do not mess with God.
That was his plan. He thought Trump would self destruct, then he would be able to step in and become the front runner without having to dirty his hands. Only problem is, Trump didn’t self destruct. When Cruz finally realized that Trump wasn’t going to go away on his own, he leaked that audio of himself talking to his donors, where he made some unflattering comments about Trump. Soon after, the gloves were off, and the phony Cruz façade of liking Trump, and wanting to run a positive campaign dropped. That’s the clearest indication that Cruz was always a fraud - a phony conservative who sees words and promises as nothing more than a means to deceive people.