The party insiders have determined that they will do anything to stop Trump. They will manipulate delegates, they will lie about Trump in the media. They will attack Trump supporters as ignorant and racist. They will spend millions of dollars on ads attacking Trump.
Cruz is beholden to these people. He is being used to stop Trump.
The media lie and say Cruz is outsmarting Trump.
The party insiders are manipulating this.
That explains why Cruz is doing all the ground work to get delegates that support him on subsequent ballots instead of the GOPe. Meanwhile, Trump sits back and whines while the GOPe selects his delegates for him. Sure, they'll back Trump on the first ballot. But after that? No one knows, especially not Trump since he didn't put forth the effort to find out.
And you think someone this politically incompetent has a chance against the Clintons?
You are 100% correct, sad though that certain people can’t understand the narrative looking at them.