Cruz fired the first shot on the wife deal. He circulated a modeling pic of Melania, racy but not nude. Implied she’s a slut and would you want her for first lady. I personally think Trump should have decked Cruz over that trick but instead he retweeted a side-by-side of Heidi and Melania with a pic says it all caption.
But no one cared what Cruz said about Melania, they all jumped on the Heidi headline.
A pro-Cruz PAC, of which the Cruz campaign had no control over, tweeted the infamous photos and Trump retweeted it.
Now if you believe the Cruz campaign somehow influenced the PAC to do what it did, then take your accusation to the FEC and provide your evidence.
All of this could have been avoided if Trump had issued a simple and sincere apology, but like Hillary, Trump does not apologize for anything.
I personally believe that, in this case, pragmatic reality should trump principled ideology because I don't believe that "What difference, at this point, does it make?"
Oh that’s right! Cruz did start it didn’t he! Thanks for refreshing my memory.