# Trump-Cruz? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 7, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317 "2016-07-07T16:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/1 "2016-07-07T16:31:34Z")
Trump is said to be meeting right now with Ted Cruz and Reince Preibus. Trump-Cruz… or Cruz-Trump? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/2 "2016-07-07T16:43:34Z")
No way in hell. Cruz has too much pride to play second fiddle to a guy that accused his dad of being in on the JFK assassination and who tweets unflattering pictures of his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/3 "2016-07-07T16:44:50Z")
“The Best of Both Worlds” Seriously, it probably has something to do with the fact that so many of the delegates to the convention who are supposed to be voting for Trump are unabashed Cruz supporters, and how that’s going to play out in Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/4 "2016-07-07T16:46:10Z")
This sounds like a great way to piss off both the Trump supporters and the Cruz supporters at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/5 "2016-07-07T16:46:35Z")
Cruz/Trump would be a smart move, but Trump is incapable of deferring to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/6 "2016-07-07T16:46:39Z")
Probably discussing what it’ll take to get Cruz’s endorsement. A team up seems extremely unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/7 "2016-07-07T16:51:04Z")
It would have to be Trump/Cruz, Trump is not going to agree to be second banana when he was the clear victor int the primary. I assume that this meeting’s goal is to try to convince Cruz to not try any shenanigans at the convention. They will probably buy him off with something, but not the Vice presidency. Trump wouldn’t want someone that unwilling to take orders, and Cruz is smart enough to realize that holding on to Trumps arm while he goes down in flames is unlikely to help Cruz’s political career. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/8 "2016-07-07T17:12:09Z")
Wow. They’d have the Repugnant vote locked up. Word on the Internets is that Trump is considering (WARNING: INCOMING STRAIGHT LINE) tapping a family member. > **[WATCH: Eric Trump tells Fox News his sister Ivanka would be their father's...](https://www.salon.com/2016/07/07/watch_eric_trump_tells_fox_news_his_sister_ivanka_would_be_fathers_ideal_running_mate_shes_got_the_beautiful_looks/)** > > There's just something about the way Trump men talk about Trump women that is utterly unsettling ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/9 "2016-07-07T17:27:44Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wow. They’d have the Repugnant vote locked up. > > Word on the Internets is that Trump is considering (WARNING: INCOMING STRAIGHT LINE) tapping a family member. And it’s going to be a great fucking. Real classy and sexy, believe me. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/10 "2016-07-07T17:29:49Z")
Most Republicans are running from the invite to be his VP. Cruz isn’t bright enough to run, he’ll probably fall for it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/11 "2016-07-07T17:30:13Z")
I wouldn’t have thought Ivanka Trump was old enough, but according to Wikipedia, her 35th birthday is just a week before the election. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/12 "2016-07-07T17:47:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I wouldn’t have thought Ivanka Trump was old enough, but according to Wikipedia, her 35th birthday is just a week before the election. And _House of Cards_ closed on such a bizarre note… blindsided by reality again! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/13 "2016-07-07T17:50:01Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Wow. They’d have the Repugnant vote locked up. > > Word on the Internets is that Trump is considering (WARNING: INCOMING STRAIGHT LINE) tapping a family member. > > [http://www.salon.com/2016/07/07/watch\_eric\_trump\_tells\_fox\_news\_his\_sister\_ivanka\_would\_be\_fathers\_ideal\_running\_mate\_shes\_got\_the\_beautiful\_looks/](http://www.salon.com/2016/07/07/watch_eric_trump_tells_fox_news_his_sister_ivanka_would_be_fathers_ideal_running_mate_shes_got_the_beautiful_looks/) Holy shit, please, please, _please_ let this be true. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/14 "2016-07-07T17:55:29Z")
Somehow I’ve managed to avoid seeing a photo of Eric Trump until now. Is it just me, or does he look kinda sorta Voldemort-ish to anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/15 "2016-07-07T21:24:25Z")
The meeting was to get Cruz to agree to speak at the convention. I imagine it’ll be similar to Christie’s speech in 2012 and Cruz will mainly talk about how great Ted Cruz is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/16 "2016-07-07T21:33:11Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > … They will probably buy him off with something, but not the Vice presidency. Trump wouldn’t want someone that unwilling to take orders, and Cruz is smart enough to realize that holding on to Trumps arm while he goes down in flames is unlikely to help Cruz’s political career. Wow, if (G-d forbid) Trump won, which of the cabinet positions would Cruz want to destroy? We’ve got Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, and Attorney General… I suppose he could fuck over the most poor people as head of Health and Human Services, but State’s a big plum. A promise of any of them would allow him to keep a low profile until the election is over. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/17 "2016-07-07T21:42:55Z")
Trump would do it, it’s up to Cruz. He probably thinks Trump will fail miserably leaving him in a good position for 2020. Cruz would solidify the base for Trump, and also Hillary. It just adds to the contention, won’t make anyone switch sides. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/18 "2016-07-07T21:54:46Z")
Cruz has no friends and few allies left in the Senate, so this may be the only road that doesn’t go straight to Palookaville for him. Same for Christie and New Jerseyites. Either one would suck it up, like GHWB sucking up “voodoo economics”, and take it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/19 "2016-07-07T22:00:19Z")
Erick Erickson’s head would explode. 😃 It was reported that Cruz drove off in a black van with tinted windows, sort of like a mob boss. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317/20 "2016-07-07T22:41:58Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Cruz has no friends and few allies left in the Senate, so this may be the only road that doesn’t go straight to Palookaville for him. Same for Christie and New Jerseyites. Either one would suck it up, like GHWB sucking up “voodoo economics”, and take it. Cruz’s strength comes from the Tea Party ground troops and organizers. He didn’t get any of his current fame or status by having friends in the Senate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cruz/759317.md?page=2)