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Ted Cruz: “The price of oil has dropped from 100 bucks a barrel to…”

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Iran Revolution—Why this is Different…Trump is not Obama

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I think that's right. There's also a balance that President Trump and the Trump administration are trying to strike, which is we've seen The price of oil has dropped from 100 bucks a barrel to around 60 bucks a barrel. a little bit lower. That has weakened almost every bad guy in the world. That is weakened Russia, that is weakened Iran, that is weakened Venezuela, and Maduro, because it … (24:19–24:32)

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