Actually Palin and Trump go back a ways, and have been close. I could find and quote a number of articles from even 2011.
Palin and Cruz are also close.
Look, I’m sure Palin likes both men a lot....she likes anyone who fights hard against Washington. She endorsed Newt last time...for just that reason...a fighter.
But she’s far closer ideologically to Cruz than Trump, and one of her hot buttons is crony capitalism, and without a doubt some of Trump’s business ventures have a big crony aspect to them. She’ll endorse Cruz, but she’ll never say anything bad about Trump.