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26.01.26 - 23:45
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In Secret Recordings, Ted Cruz Bashes Trump Tariffs, JD Vance, And Tucker Carlson (ZeroHedge)
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In Secret Recordings, Ted Cruz Bashes Trump Tariffs, JD Vance, And Tucker Carlson
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took aim at President Trump's tariff policy and Vice President JD Vance during closed-door donor meetings last year, according to recordings obtained by Axios. The recordings reveal deep rifts inside the GOP over trade and foreign policy.
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The recordings, totaling nearly 10 minutes, were provided by a Republican source and were made during two donor sessions in early and mid-2025.
In the recordings, Cruz repeatedly singled out JD Vance and Tucker Carlson, accusing them of driving an anti-interventionist foreign policy inside the Trump administration. Cruz claimed the two were responsible for pushing out former national security adviser Mike Waltz because he supported military action against Iran, even though Trump later embraced that approach.
"Tucker created JD. JD is Tucker's protégé, and they are one and the same," Cruz told donors. He has been feuding publicly wi...
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26.01.26 - 23:45
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Tehran Cheers US Unrest, Calls Minneapolis Protests ′Instant Karma′ (ZeroHedge)
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Tehran Cheers US Unrest, Calls Minneapolis Protests 'Instant Karma'
Iran's state media has blasted the Trump administration as hypocritical, drawing a direct comparison between the recent protests inside the Islamic Republic and the ongoing unrest ignited by the controversial ICE shootings in Minneapolis.
Iran has seized on the latest fatal shooting of Alex Prettio, arguing that President Trump has no moral standing to condemn how Iranian authorities have handled its own nationwide demonstrations, which were triggered by economic strain and a collapsing currency after years of US-imposed sanctions.
State-backed Press TV pointed to Trump's earlier public call for Iranians to rise up and take to the streets while pointing to the current Minneapolis demonstrations as "instant karma".
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Newsweek observed several fresh broadcasts from Iranian outlets drawing on the comparison:
While these protests were largely peaceful, Iranian state news channel Press TV dedicated a se...
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