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Buck Sexton

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
7285 total appearances

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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

Thanks so much.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

So we want to ask you about whether we're going to war with Iran.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

It's a big question.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

And the reason we're asking is because, as we know, there's sort of a dual track situation playing out.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

On the one hand, there's negotiations, I think, in Geneva.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

Sounds right.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

over Iran's nuclear program that the administration is involved in.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

And then there's also a buildup, a substantial buildup of military assets, aerial assets, specifically F-35s, F-22s in the Mideast, prepared for what could be a sustained aerial campaign against Iran.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

What do you see happening here?

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

How do you think this plays out?

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

Steve, yes, the ghosts of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars loom large in all these conversations.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

And I think that's a good thing in terms of making sure that we don't get pulled into something.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

And I think Trump is very wary of getting pulled into something deeper and at much greater risk to us and to our people than we want to be.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

So as part of that, one of the conversations that I think keeps coming up, and people have been asking me, so I want to pose this to you and get your take on it.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

In Venezuela, okay, we took Maduro out and, well, took him to a prison cell in New York, but there was a clear pathway of other people, and really much of the rest of the regime is in charge there now.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

So there's kind of an ongoing negotiation process about what will happen and how that country moves forward, but the U.S.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

clearly has a lot of leverage.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

What is the opposition in Iran?

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

Do we have any real sense as to if the mullahs fall, if they fall, who takes over?

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Bonus: Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Feb 19 2026

Steve, I'm in South Florida, and so I got to ask, how shaky do you think the regime in Cuba is?