The plan was basic and solid.
The problem was that it was basic. Any political novice could see it coming from a mile away.
The Cruz people overestimated their own “brilliance”, and took the Trump that they see in front of cameras at face value, assuming that he is a lightweight, forgetting that this man had honed his technique for 40 years!
Trump knew what was up, and sprung before he could be jumped.
Cruz is good at a lot of things, but the art of political war is not one of them.
Bump! Go Trump!