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Ted Cruz: “President Trump launched bunker busters and took out…”

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

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End Of Iran's Civilization PAUSED—Why, What It Means & What's Next

Published | Video Starts at 21:38

And in particular, it's described, look, Iran. There's no indication, I've seen no evidence that Iran had nuclear weapons or was close to getting nuclear weapons that they were trying last summer. And President Trump launched bunker busters and took out [Iran's] nuclear weapons research facilities, including in Fordo. in the basement of a mountain that had devastating effect. So the reason this military attack was launched was not to stop an imminent, imminent realization of nuclear weapons tomorrow type of thing. (21:38–21:46)

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Asserts that Trump ordered attacks on Iran's nuclear research facilities.

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