--- title: Donald Trump Twitter War: Ted Cruz Wife Heidi New Target description: Donald Trump continued his Twitter assault on the wife of Ted Cruz with a tweet that includes an unflattering photo of Cruz's wife Heidi. canonical: https://time.com/4270412/trump-cruz-twitter-wives/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-24T12:02:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:10:59.030Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Twitter War: Ted Cruz Wife Heidi New Target og:description: Donald Trump continued his Twitter assault on the wife of Ted Cruz with a tweet that includes an unflattering photo of Cruz's wife Heidi. og:url: https://time.com/4270412/trump-cruz-twitter-wives/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Twitter War: Ted Cruz Wife Heidi New Target twitter:description: Donald Trump continued his Twitter assault on the wife of Ted Cruz with a tweet that includes an unflattering photo of Cruz's wife Heidi. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Trump and Cruz Continue Bizarre Twitter Battle Over Their Wives  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 24, 2016 12:02 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 24, 2016 12:02 PM UTC GOP presidential contender Donald Trump continued his Twitter assault on the wife of chief rival Ted Cruz Wednesday with a [tweet](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/712850174838771712) that includes an unflattering photo of Cruz’s wife Heidi. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/712850174838771712) The image—placed next to a photo of Trump’s wife Melania—was apparently created by a fan and then retweeted by Trump. “The images are worth a thousand words,” the caption reads. The image follows a back-and-forth between the two candidates in which [Trump accused Cruz](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/712457104515317764) of using a nearly nude photo of Melania in a campaign ad. (The ad was created by a Super Pac that is legally barred from coordinating with the Cruz campaign). Trump threatened to “spill the beans” on Heidi in response to the ad. Cruz [responded to the initial tweet](http://time.com/4268984/ted-cruz-donald-trump-coward-wife-heidi/) by calling Trump a “coward” Wednesday. But following Trump’s tweet of a photo of Heidi Cruz, Cruz [tried to take higher ground](https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/712859187718569985). “Donald, real men don’t attack women,” he wrote. “Your wife is lovely, and Heidi is the love of my life.” > [](https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/712859187718569985) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4270412/trump-cruz-twitter-wives/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4270412/trump-cruz-twitter-wives/"},"headline":"Trump and Cruz Continue Bizarre Twitter Battle Over Their Wives","datePublished":"2016-03-24T12:02:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:10:59.030Z","description":"\"Donald, real men don't attack women\"","url":"https://time.com/4270412/trump-cruz-twitter-wives/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4270412/trump-cruz-twitter-wives/","name":"Trump and Cruz Continue Bizarre Twitter Battle Over Their Wives"}}]}] ```