Ted Cruz: “The president responded by ordering a blockade on the Strait…”

“And President Trump quite rightly is insisting under no circumstances will the regime of Iran be allowed to have nuclear weapons. And so The president responded by ordering a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, shutting down every ship going into and out of the strait. We're going to break that down. We're going to talk about what that means for Iran, what that means for America, what that means for China and Europe, what's going to happen next.” (00:48–00:56)

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