Let me try to clarify my post.
1. I have no idea if the allegations against Senator Cruz are true or false but logic would dictate that they are one or the other.
2. In contrast to general supporters of Mr. Trump or others who might endorse or advocate for him, Ms Pierson holds the title of official national spokesperson for his campaign. By virtue of her position, her credibility is tied directly to that of the candidate. She is not some shrinking violet but rather is a forceful and articulate spokesperson.
3. Mr. Trump has made lying a major issue of creditability by his repeated reference to “Lying Ted” and description of Senator Cruz as “the big liar and a nasty person”.
4. When the story contains the allegation that Ms. Pierson had an affair with Senator Cruz and she clearly, publicly and unequivocally states that she did not, there are only two possibilities. Either she is telling the truth or she is lying.
Admittedly, this has been a long winded way of explaining what I see as an ironic situation facing Mr. Trump. Given his very forceful opposition to lying, if he supports his very effective spokesperson, he is also supporting his opponents position that the charges are false. If he believes his opponent is guilty, yet continues to support Ms Pierson, he is not only showing a willingness to have a liar speak for him, he is also undermining his creditability on the criticism of Senator Cruz for not taking decisive action against his employee in the Dr. Carson affair. If he fires her, he not only gives up a very effective spokesperson but acknowledges that he made a mistake in hiring a flawed individual, i.e. a liar. I have no idea what Mr. Trump will do, if anything. I am curious however.
> he [DT] is also supporting his opponents position that the charges are false.
I would say he could only possibly support that position regarding one out of five of the charges. I’d guess he asked Ms Pierson and believes what she says, unless proven otherwise, at which point I’d guess she’d get the ‘you’re fired’ treatment. But that still leaves four charges that, from DT’s perspective, could remain as valid possibilities. I am not sure how DT could know for certain either way. It’s basically none of DT’s business.
You present an interesting logical conundrum. From the sounds of things, there were plenty of GOPe types that were aware of #thething prior to #thething going public as it did. It seems to have originally be in possession of the Rubio team. Possibly. So it’s also, therefore, seems possible that Cruz’s character has just been assassinated by a segement of the establishment in order to bring about a decisive end to this primary war which isn’t helping anyone but Hillary.