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Ted Cruz: “Other Middle Eastern nations were discouraging President…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 28:51

I mean, that, to me, just seems like a suicidal mission on their part. Yeah, I will admit I was surprised by that. There's been a lot of public reporting that suggested that Other Middle Eastern nations were discouraging President Trump from going after Iran. I'm a little bit skeptical of that. I have not recently had those conversations with other Middle Eastern nations, but I've had many conversations with the Saudis, uae, Bahrain, and … (28:51–28:58)

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Asserts that there were reports of Middle Eastern nations advising against U.S. action on Iran.

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