Ted Cruz: “Two weeks ago, I spent over an hour on the phone with…”

“Use this to open up markets, because American companies, American producers can win all over the world if we open up markets. I'm urging the president, listen to the angels, and I'll tell you. Two weeks ago, I spent over an hour on the phone with President Trump. There were five other senators on the phone with me. and it was late at night. And we were urging him, go down path number one.” (05:48–05:55)

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