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Ted Cruz: “Trump very deliberately has not done that.”

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

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By the way, people need to understand that, like, if you just wanted to decimate them economically, that is how you would do it and it would not be that hard. So Trump very deliberately has not done that. The reason he said power plants and bridges is because they're critically important to the economy. You take out the power plants, the electricity turns off, the military is crippled, but also the economy is crippled. (18:31–18:34)

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Asserts that Trump has deliberately not targeted Iran's oil facilities.

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