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Ted Cruz: “The annual cost [of defending Israel] is 3 billion.”

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

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Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz Discuss US Foreign Policy, Iran, and Israel

Published | Video Starts at 28:43

And so President Trump has made some decisions that we'll know the cost over time, but I don't know the last week that, that I don't have visibility on that. The annual cost [of defending Israel] is 3 billion. That's, that's, it's a 10 year memorandum of understanding and that's, that's the principal driver of the cost. But let me make a point. We get massive benefits from Israel. (28:43–28:47)

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