Ted Cruz: “Their navy is sunk at the bottom of the ocean.”

“He's destroyed their. Their drone manufacturing capability, their ballistic missile manufacturing capability. He's utterly destroyed their air defenses. Their air force is in rubble on the runways. Their navy is sunk at the bottom of the ocean. You know how many Iranian naval ships he has sunk? How many? 161. That's a lot. It is the largest naval defeat since World War II. Wow.” (25:15–25:18)

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