U.S. - In the wee hours of the morning Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz 'liked' an absolutely filthy tweet from his verified Twitter account in what appears to be the beginning of an effort to woo some of Donald Trump's voting base to his side for the 2020 election.

According to an anonymous source within Cruz's camp, this is just the first action in a years-long strategy to beat the President and win the Republican nomination in the next election.

"We're starting with the tweet, then in a few months we'll probably leak some illicit audio, which should really pull some of them in," said the source. "We'll sprinkle in some affair allegations here and there, and who knows, maybe a compromising phone hack or something, to switch it up."

"We're going to be working very hard for the next few years to tarnish Ted's image as much as possible," the source added.