- Ted Cruz and Donald Trump haven’t always been as chummy as they are now. - A bungled handshake during the 2016 campaigns marred Cruz’s initial attempt to subvert Trump. - Trump later worked up the crowd at the Republican National Convention, generating boos for Cruz. - See more stories on Insider’s business page. Ted Cruz’s road to ruin in the 2016 GOP presidential race was littered with missteps, including a poorly choreographed self-own and a prime time ambush by then-rival Donald Trump during a key Republican gathering. Cruz relived the jarring experiences as part of Insider’s exhaustive oral history...