Ted is not a never-Trumper. The sting of the campaign is gone. He and Trump speak regularly on the phone and in personal meetings. Who do you think gave him the idea to pick Gorsuch? Ted is a Trumper.
Ted takes credit for many things. Today’s flavor of the day is we wouldn’t have Gorsuch without Ted’s intervention.
Damn folks, do you ever get tired of shoveling B. S.?
Any guy that gets 20 minutes at the Convention and doesn’t endorse the official nominee, is most certainly not a supporter of that man.
What the hell is wrong with your ability to think rationally?
The Federalist Society has been doing Trump's jurist research. How Trump behaves towards Cruz is no proof whatsoever of how Trump regards him at the bottom line. Great executives set aside their feelings about a person to use the skills of the people in front of them to get the jobs they has in front of them done. Executives are taught how to do this in expensive seminars; Trump probably learned it at Wharton or from experience. Even Thomas Jefferson wrote about this technique.
Because Trump is relating to Cruz collegially does not mean all is well; it just means Cruz can suck up for a little longer while. But it doesn't mean they have reconstruced unqualified respect or trust.