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Ted Cruz: “When Trump became president, we were at war with isis. And…”

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I don't think that's right. And I can tell you that was not Donald Trump's philosophy when he was president. Isis. When Trump became president, we were at war with isis. And Trump utterly and completely defeated ISIS and took every square inch of their caliphate. He was not an isolationist on isis. He defeated our enemies because they wanted to kill us. And by the way, General Soleimani, Trump ordered. Ordered the strike that took out General Soleimani. (23:06–23:14)

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