The Melania ad was a preemptive strike to allow the Cruz campaign to frame the NE story as retaliation. He has done nothing to clear his 'holy' name except blame everything on Trump.
Cruz should prayerfully consider ending his race.
“Cruz should prayerfully consider ending his race. “
You wish.
So wouldn’t it still have been smarter for Trump just to say he thought it was a beautiful photo of his wife who as a model was on a professional suit. The whole mess would have died there.