Overview

• A preview clip shows Senator Ted Cruz unable to name Iran’s population or detail its ethnic composition, undermining his calls for regime change
• The exchange exposes a rift within the MAGA coalition between Tucker Carlson’s isolationist perspective and Cruz’s hawkish support for intervention
• Cruz’s remark that “we are carrying out military strikes today” forced him to clarify that the United States is only backing Israeli operations against Iran
• The Israel-Iran conflict has killed at least 585 Iranians, including 239 civilians, and President Trump has deployed refueling tankers and a second carrier group, declaring that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons
• The full two-hour interview between Carlson and Cruz is set to release today, offering further insight into their conflicting stances on U.S. involvement