Senator Ted Cruz

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From the back. From the back.

From the back. From the back.

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There you go, and in second place builds the delegates, and this was Cleveland right here.

There you go, and in second place builds the delegates, and this was Cleveland right here.

Mark, great to be with you. Thanks for having me.

Mark, great to be with you. Thanks for having me.

Mark, great to be with you. Thanks for having me.

Look, I very much hope he's on path one. Frankly, there are voices within the administration that are advocating for both directions. And there's a real difference of opinion within the administration on that front.

Look, I very much hope he's on path one. Frankly, there are voices within the administration that are advocating for both directions. And there's a real difference of opinion within the administration on that front.

Look, I very much hope he's on path one. Frankly, there are voices within the administration that are advocating for both directions. And there's a real difference of opinion within the administration on that front.

I think President Trump has an historic opportunity, an opportunity to use the leverage, and he's got leverage no other president has had, because he has credibly threatened these tariffs. Suddenly our trading partners desperately want to cut deals and want to dramatically reduce the tariffs they charge on US goods and services in exchange for President Trump lifting the tariffs he's announced.

I think President Trump has an historic opportunity, an opportunity to use the leverage, and he's got leverage no other president has had, because he has credibly threatened these tariffs. Suddenly our trading partners desperately want to cut deals and want to dramatically reduce the tariffs they charge on US goods and services in exchange for President Trump lifting the tariffs he's announced.

I think President Trump has an historic opportunity, an opportunity to use the leverage, and he's got leverage no other president has had, because he has credibly threatened these tariffs. Suddenly our trading partners desperately want to cut deals and want to dramatically reduce the tariffs they charge on US goods and services in exchange for President Trump lifting the tariffs he's announced.

If we sit here, Mark, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days from now, and the outcome is that tariffs worldwide have gone down massively, that is an incredible and an historic victory for the United States. It's very much the path that I am urging the president to go down. There's another path, and there's some vocal people in the administration advocating it, that don't see the tariffs as leverage.

If we sit here, Mark, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days from now, and the outcome is that tariffs worldwide have gone down massively, that is an incredible and an historic victory for the United States. It's very much the path that I am urging the president to go down. There's another path, and there's some vocal people in the administration advocating it, that don't see the tariffs as leverage.

If we sit here, Mark, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days from now, and the outcome is that tariffs worldwide have gone down massively, that is an incredible and an historic victory for the United States. It's very much the path that I am urging the president to go down. There's another path, and there's some vocal people in the administration advocating it, that don't see the tariffs as leverage.

They don't see them as means to an end. They see the tariffs as the end, and they want them to be a permanent feature of our economic system, the United States having very, very high tariffs, our trading partners all having very high retaliatory tariffs. I think that would be a terrible outcome. I think that would be terrible for my home state of Texas. I think it would be terrible for the country.

They don't see them as means to an end. They see the tariffs as the end, and they want them to be a permanent feature of our economic system, the United States having very, very high tariffs, our trading partners all having very high retaliatory tariffs. I think that would be a terrible outcome. I think that would be terrible for my home state of Texas. I think it would be terrible for the country.