Ted Cruz: “Iran publicly stated no, they would not dismantle their…”

“And President Trump made clear they could either do so peacefully through diplomacy or. Or those centrifuges would be dismantled kinetically through military conflict. We're seeing the latter tonight. And this morning, Iran publicly stated no, they would not dismantle their centrifuges. And in fact, they said they would build more, they would enrich more. The Ayatollah made the decision, we are going to plunge headfirst towards getting a nuclear weapon. And basically, Iran gave the middle finger to President Trump.” (01:08–01:18)

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