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Ted Cruz: “I think the regime [in Iran] is weaker than it ever has…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Why I Told President Trump to Attack Iran - Sen. Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 06:57

And pretty much the whole time he was asking me what I thought we should do on Iran. And I said, look, I think we should not miss this moment. I think the regime [in Iran] is weaker than it ever has been, and we have an opportunity. If we can collapse this regime, America will be much, much safer. There are very few things on planet earth that would do more to make improve American national security as much as seeing this regime collapse. (06:57–07:04)

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Asserts that the Iranian regime is at its weakest point historically.

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