These were not the signs of a healthy relationship.
Donald Trump, well on his way to clinching the Republican presidential nomination, was ruthless in his crude attacks on rival Ted Cruz. He repeatedly mocked the Texas senator as “Lyin’ Ted,” suggested his father played a role in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and even made fun of the appearance of Cruz’s wife, Heidi.
The ‘sniveling coward’ and the ‘maniac’ are now allies, as Trump stumps for Cruz
A Houston campaign rally culminates the tempestuous, on-again-off-again relationship between the president and the Texas senator who once opposed him.
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