This is an improvement.”Ĭruz has also backed Trump’s approach on Iran, in particular with respect to the Obama-negotiated multilateral agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Cruz tweeted: “I would much rather have Donald Trump talking to President Tsai than to Cuba’s Raul Castro or Iran’s Hasan Rouhani. In one case, Cruz backed the real estate magnate after he took a phone call from the president of Taiwan in December 2016, a highly controversial move that threatened relations with China. Īn erstwhile fervent critic of Donald Trump, Cruz has expressed admiration for some of Trump’s comments and actions since winning the 2016 election. ambassador John Bolton, Iran-Contra veteran Elliott Abrams, and former CIA director James Woolsey. Īlthough Cruz has described his foreign policy approach as between “the isolationism of Rand Paul” and the “neoconservatism of John McCain,” when asked by Bloomberg View which foreign policy experts he trusts, he listed three overt militarists: former George W.
According to one report, NORPAC “led efforts to kill the nuclear accord,” which Cruz has vehemently opposed and promised to rescind. During the 2016 election cycle, Cruz was a major recipient of donations from NORPAC, an AIPAC-aligned political action committee. military power abroad.Īn aggressive proponent of rightist political and social principles and the son of a Cuban emigrant, Cruz’s election campaigns have received support from Tea Party-aligned groups like FreedomWorks and the Club for Growth, as well as from major “pro-Israel” donors like Sheldon Adelson, who reportedly gave some $250,000 to a group backing Cruz’s 2012 Senate campaign. Cruz has also expressed strong sympathies for projecting U.S.
An unsuccessful 2016 GOP presidential primary candidate, Cruz is best known for his conservative domestic platform promoting “limited” government. Ted Cruz is a “Tea Party” Republican from Texas who was elected to the U.S.
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