Ted Cruz: “Saudi Arabia is the most important counterbalance to Iran.”

“At the time, multiple Arab countries still had not entered and to this day have not entered the Abraham Accords, the biggest of which is Saudi Arabia. And in terms of the Arab countries, Saudi Arabia is the most important counterbalance to Iran. And I think the Saudis were on a path to joining the Abraham Accords at the end of Trump 1.” (12:15–12:20)

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