Ted Cruz: “President Xi has repeatedly said he wants to invade Taiwan.”

“And what I laid out to the Panamanian officials, I said, look, if, God forbid, we find ourselves in a military conflict with China, let's say next year, China invades Taiwan. And President Xi has repeatedly said he wants to invade Taiwan. If he does so, there's a very real possibility that escalates into a military conflict with the United States.” (30:18–30:23)

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