Senator Ted Cruz says Iran breached Trump’s red line on nuclear centrifuges, making Israeli retaliation unavoidable.
Senator Ted Cruz has said Israel’s recent strike on Iran was “inevitable” after Tehran defied a 60-day ultimatum issued by former U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking with NewsNation on Thursday, the Texas Republican said, “It was on April 12 that President Trump said to the ayatollah, you have 60 days to negotiate.
Those 60 days expired tonight.” He added that Trump’s red line was Iran’s dismantling of its nuclear centrifuges. “This morning, Iran publicly stated they would not dismantle their centrifuges… and they were moving towards nuclear weapons,” Cruz said. He added, “That, in effect, was a giant middle finger to President Trump… Israel is acting to defend itself… I stand unequivocally with the state of Israel.”