Ted Cruz: “Iran has talked about wanting to charge a toll for every…”

“It's hard to have a fully formed opinion, but the Strait of Hormuz needs to be free and open. It needs to be open to commerce. And Iran should not be profiting off of it. I mean, Iran has talked about wanting to charge a toll for every ship that travels through the Strait of Hormuz. That that would be a bad outcome. Look, I think anything that results in the regime in Iran being stronger is a bad outcome. The outcome I would like to see is regime collapse.” (22:07–22:13)

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