2016年總統選舉時，德州參議員泰德克魯斯Ted Cruz參選，和川普爭取共和黨提名，被老川罵個狗血噴頭。川普不僅送他個綽號是lyin' Ted，撒謊的泰德，還嘲笑泰德的老婆長相。

Ted Cruz, he's seriously, he's got a mental problem. Ted Cruz is a liar…I've never seen anybody [lie] to that extent.

— Feb. 16, 2016, Interview on Fox Business

Be careful, Lyin’ Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!

— March 22, 2016, Twitter

來而不往非禮也，泰德回敬川普，有撒謊病的pathological liar，膽小鬼sniveling coward，惡推特nasty tweets，等等，甚至在倒車鏡裏看見川普時不能確定踩刹車還是油門。

If I were in my car and getting ready to reverse and saw Donald in the backup camera, I'm not confident which pedal I'd push.

— March 31, 2016, Interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live!

This man is a pathological liar. He doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies. He lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth…The man is utterly amoral.

— May 3, 2016, to reporters in Indiana

Donald, real men don’t attack women.

— March 24, 2016, Twitter

It is not acceptable for a big, loud New York bully to attack my wife…Donald, you’re a sniveling coward. Leave Heidi the hell alone.

— March 24, 2016, Dane, Wis.

現在撒謊的泰德競選連任，和一個民主黨新秀爭得勝負難測。深紅州裏共和黨的資深議員選舉出險情，川普坐不住了。如果共和黨失去參院多數，川普麵臨被彈劾的危機。

動身去德州為泰德助選前，川普又來個一百八十度的華麗轉身，說泰德不撒謊了，現在是美麗的泰德，beautiful Ted。

這架勢是摔跤還是擁抱？