'Lyin' Ted' Cruz is now 'Beautiful Ted': how a change of nickname reveals Trump's midterm fears

Ted Cruz and the president were once bitter rivals, but now that both need a win in Texas next month, they appear to be the best of friends

Ted Cruz was “a little bit of a maniac”, “a totally unstable individual” and “Lyin’ Ted”. Donald Trump was a “braggadocious arrogant buffoon”, “a snivelling coward” and a “pathological liar”. In early 2016, when the two men were battling it out to become the Republican nominee for president, they were bitter enemies.

With the midterm elections days away, however, the Cruz-Trump relationship looks remarkably different. Trump travelled to Texas on Monday to support Cruz in his race against the Democrat Beto O’Rourke, and informed reporters that Cruz is “not ‘Lyin’ Ted any more. He’s Beautiful Ted.”

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