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Ted Cruz: “They were funding both sides of the war.”

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 1:45:21

I think the Biden administration administered it in a horrible way. I think they wasted a ton of money and I think what they did was actually incoherent because They were funding both sides of the war. and I was, was very vocal and among other things, flooding $100 million to Iran, which was used among other things, to help the nuclear program, but also to make drones that Russia used to fight. (1:45:21–1:45:24)

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