TED TALK: Cruz says President Trump Has Never Been an Isolationist [WATCH]

On Tuesday night’s Hannity, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned of the dangers a nuclear-capable Iran poses not only to the Middle East but also to the United States.

Iran has reportedly test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at its missile testing facility in Shahroud, northern Iran.

“The ayatollah is a religious nutcase. He is a theocratic mass murderer. And when he chants ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel,’ he does so in front of mobs of people. He also refers to Israel as the little Satan and America is the great Satan,” Cruz said. “There is a reason the Ayatollah is developing ICBMs. ICBMs are intercontinental ballistic missiles. You don’t need an ICBM to bomb Israel. They’re bombing Israel with ballistic missiles. You need an ICBM to get to America.”

Cruz said the U.S. must stand with Israel.

“I spoke to the president on Sunday and just told him, I said ‘Your leadership has been so critical on this.’ And he made clear [that] Iran is not getting a nuclear weapon, and he is standing with Israel. I believe our position should be [that] we stand unequivocally with the state of Israel,” Cruz told host Sean Hannity. “And I’ll make a point. Israel is doing an enormous favor to the United States right now. I believe the most acute, near-term security threat facing America is the threat of a nuclear Iran.”

“If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, I think the odds are unacceptably high that we would find out with a mushroom cloud over New York City or Los Angeles or Tel Aviv and Israel. And what Israel has said is we are going to act. Israel is a tiny country. It’s the size of the state of New Jersey. They are taking out Iran’s military with surgical precision. They’re taking out virtually all of the senior leaders of the military,” Cruz said. “I think President Trump is exactly right to say we stand with Israel. And I’m with the 75 percent of Americans that agree with the president’s strong stance to keep America safe.”

Cruz also emphasized that Trump has never been an isolationist; “He has not hesitated to act when he’s protecting American lives.”

Watch Cruz’s comments above.

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