Cruz and Trump joined forces in Washington during a tea party rally against the Iran nuclear deal on September 9, 2015. &amp;quot;It is a bit of a romance,&amp;quot; &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/politics/donald-trump-ted-cruz-2016-iran/index.html&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Trump told CNN at the time.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;quot;I like him, he likes me. He&amp;#39;s backed me 100% about illegal immigration. He was the one person that really -- and there were a couple of others -- but Ted Cruz was out there and he backed me very strongly.&amp;quot;