Ted Cruz

I am opposed to a regime change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm's way for the sake of Trump's war of choice.

Now, I will tell you, I responded to her on X, and I said, your administration,

gave over $100 billion to the Ayatollah, who kept killing Americans.

We know you're sad that your friend isn't with us anymore.

Look, the Democrat Party...

was all in in support of the Ayatollah.

Now, sometimes they pretended they weren't, but when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sent over $100 billion, flowed that money into the Ayatollah, they funded his terror.

The Obama-Iran nuclear deal was designed to inevitably lead to a nuclear Iran, to the Ayatollah with nuclear weapons.

And so this is, I'll tell you, and folks that deal with conflict in the Middle East and that deal with foreign policy frequently refer to Iran as, quote, the head of the snake.

Why do they call it the head of the snake?

Because it is what is leading and directing and funding the vast majority of the terrorism you see.

Without Iran...

Hamas has no resources.

Without Iran, Hezbollah and the Houthis have no resources.

And so what President Trump is doing here is being a strong commander-in-chief and making Americans safer.

So we don't know that there is reporting that the Iranians may have mined the Straits of Hormuz.

We don't have an answer to that right now.

Right now, there's not shipping.

There are not ships going through the Straits of Hormuz until it is determined whether or not they have mined it.

Yeah, so right now that is shut down.