Ted Cruz now blames ‘Trump withdrawal’ for Cancun trip criticism

Texas senator Ted Cruz appeared to blame Donald Trump and “the media” for the controversy surrounding his short-lived trip to Cancun last Thursday.

The senator admitted afterwards that the trip had been a “mistake”, after he flew from Texas to Cancun, Mexico, with his family on Wednesday during the worst winter storm in three decades.

The trip also came as tens of thousands of Texans remained without power and running water for a fourth day running, following temperatures that reached as low as 0F (-18C) last weekend.

But, in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday, Mr Cruz suggested that “the media” was suffering from “Trump withdrawal”, and that was why the trip caused controversy — and not because of the timing, or his explanation for the trip.