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Ted Cruz: “Iran has stated they intend to open the Strait of Hormuz.”

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

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Published April 8, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:39

President Trump announced a two week ceasefire. He did so after, after the intervention of the government of Pakistan asking to negotiate peace between Iran and the United States. Iran has stated they intend to open the Strait of Hormuz. But at the same time as we talk right now, this is late Tuesday night, Iranian missiles are still flying in the air. (00:39–00:43)

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Asserts that Iran intends to open the Strait of Hormuz.

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“Oil prices plunge and stocks surge after the ceasefire deal.”
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“The Iranian military has been degraded almost out of existence.”
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“President Trump launched bunker busters and took out [Iran's] nuclear weapons research facilities, including in Fordo.”
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“President Trump announced a two week ceasefire [with Iran].”
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“Iranian missiles are still flying in the air.”
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“President Trump's threat, I believe was not a bluff.”
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“At 8pm he [President Trump] was prepared to unleash holy hell and to take out power plants across the nation of Iran.”
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“President Trump put out on Trump Social on Tuesday [a statement about the ceasefire].”
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“We've received a 10 point proposal from Iran and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate.”
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“Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran.”
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“Iran put out an official statement [in response to the ceasefire].”
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“The two way ceasefire is not being honored by Iran.”
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“The deal came shortly before President Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face devastation.”
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“Israel said the ceasefire did not include Lebanon.”
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“The United States and Iran reached an 11th hour ceasefire deal on Tuesday evening.”
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“The Strait of Hormuz is not Iran's to control. That is not part of Iran. That is international waters.”
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“The United States took a responsibility of ensuring navigation of the open seas post-World War II.”
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“Iran is promising to open [the Strait of Hormuz] up, so we'll see what that means.”
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“There are also reports of Iran continuing to fire ballistic missiles.”
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“Every missile Iran fires, I think decreases the chance of the ceasefire maintaining.”
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“There was a very interesting story, a long story in the New York Times today about the inside decision making in the Trump administration…”
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“I was with President Trump on Air Force One at the time he gave the order.”
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“There was a vigorous debate within the administration that J.D. Vance, the vice president, was the most vocal opponent of striking Iran.”
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“It described four different steps of the military engagement.”
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“There was considerable agreement that steps one and two were very accomplishable, very achievable, and likely achievable in fairly short…”
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“The Trump administration's goal was taking out Iran's ability to wage war.”
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“I've seen no evidence that Iran had nuclear weapons or was close to getting nuclear weapons.”
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“Iran was vigorously rapidly building ballistic missiles and drones.”
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“The Trump administration's objective was to take out the air defenses, air force, navy, ballistic missiles, drones, and manufacturing…”
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“The success [of the military actions against Iran] has been extraordinary.”
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“President Trump is not interested in [a military conflict involving] hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground.”
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“The objective should be regime collapse [in Iran].”
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“This regime [in Iran] has never been weaker than right now.”
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“We will regret it for years and decades if we miss this opportunity [to remove the Iranian regime].”
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“Trump very deliberately has not [taken out Iran's oil facilities].”
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“Electric power stations are generally recognized to be of sufficient importance to a state's capacity to meet its wartime needs.”
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“There's no doubt the power generation is integral to the war fighting ability of Iran.”
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“Pakistan is an ally. But there are challenges in Pakistan.”
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“There are a lot of bad people or enemies of America that are within Pakistan.”
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