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Ted Cruz: “History is clear that giving billions of dollars to…”

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I've been quite public and vocal that I'm concerned that the president is getting very bad advice on this deal. And I think it is History is clear that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a very bad idea. And the terms of the memorandum of understanding that J.D. vance negotiated say the United States with regional partners, will provide $300 billion to the Ayatollah and the mullahs in Iran. (13:52–14:01)

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Asserts that historically, giving money to hostile theocratic regimes is a bad idea.

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