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Ted Cruz: “When President Trump arrested Maduro, the Venezuelan oil and…”

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

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And part of the reason it's a big deal is remember the predicate for going in and seizing Maduro. That's exactly what I was going to ask you. Is this Maduro 2.0? When President Trump arrested Maduro, the Venezuelan oil and money dried up immediately. For a brief period of time, Mexico stepped in the gap and began providing oil to Cuba. And the Trump administration, quite rightly, and this is something I publicly encouraged, leaned on Mexico and said, cut off the oil. (20:50–20:56)

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Asserts that Venezuelan support to Cuba ended when Maduro was arrested.

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