Ted Cruz: “He'd been meeting with President Zelensky.”

“Just sitting there, he would fire zingers that you're like it was. And many of them were self deprecating. He did not take himself too seriously. He would make fun of himself like crazy. He did. He'd been meeting with President Zelensky. He came back to the United States Saturday night. He was on the phone with President Trump. And by the way, he was one of President Trump's closest friends.” (03:18–03:21)

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