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Ted Cruz: “The President wants the Strait of Hormuz open.”

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

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Easter Miracle—Heroic Rescue in Iran plus Trump Threatens Massive Retaliation if Strait of Hormuz...

Published | Video Starts at 27:34

… the level of bombs that he is dropping in a concentrated focus that is having this kind of effect. And look, I think Tuesday night is a very serious deadline. The President wants the Strait of Hormuz open. And if you're an Iranian leader as bat crap crazy as those guys are, I don't think they think this is a bluff. Yeah, I would think not. (27:34–27:37)

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