'End Ted's career': White House insiders warn Ted Cruz antics are riling Trump

White House staff are bracing themselves for an apparent 2028 presidential campaign run from Ted Cruz.

The Republican senator has served Texas since 2013 and has recently taken to opposing Trump on a number of key issues. Insiders believe this is an active strategy from Cruz to position himself against Vice President JD Vance ahead of the 2028 election.

According to NOTUS, Cruz has been making life difficult for White House staffers as he takes on more views and positions that go directly against Trump's stance. Cruz had reportedly been backing Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to head up the NASA administration role, while Vance and the White House team had been pushing for Jared Isaacman.

It seems this could be one of many battles the two presidential candidates clash over should Cruz confirm he is in the running for the presidency. A source close to Trump has called Cruz's interest in the NASA administrator role a "desperate attempt" at relaunching his political career.

They told NOTUS, "The roadblocks that Ted is putting up in front of the president’s nominee for NASA administrator — someone who’s gone through the hearing and is qualified — only serve as a desperate attempt to relaunch a political career as a protest candidate. Ted has been terribly unserious as of late."

Another unnamed source called Cruz's opposition to Trump and the White House a "pretty transparent" agenda that has become "a frustration" to the Trump administration.

A third source close to Trump added, "He won’t collaborate or support any of the agenda Trump ran on. Instead, he’s used his role to stifle Trump’s priorities. Ted is quickly going the way of MTG, and I can only imagine what fresh nickname Trump comes up with now to end Ted’s career for the second time."

Trump has also commented on the likely campaign run from Cruz in 2028, calling the Texas Senator a "really good guy". The president added he is "not that surprised" to hear Cruz is considering a run for the presidency in 2028.

Reporter Reese Gorman later suggested the back and forth between Cruz and the Trump administration had led to "bad blood between the two sides" which could come to a head in the 2028 primaries.