Probably won’t hurt the Texas Republican Senator, Rafael Edward Cruz , in the long run, who HAS gone back and forth Against Donald Trump forn YEARS….
But?
Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican eyeing a 2028 White House run, torched Vice President Vance and ridiculed President Trump‘s tariff policy during private meetings with donors, according to recordings obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: Cruz’s rebukes, during two meetings last year, are some of the harshest criticisms of Trump and Vance by a fellow Republican since they took office a year ago.
- The recordings — nearly 10 minutes in total — provide an unvarnished look at how Cruz is positioning himself as a traditional free trade, pro-interventionist Republican ahead of a possible 2028 primary campaign against the less hawkish Vance.
Zoom in: During his talks, Cruz cast Vance as a pawn of conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson. Cruz has accused Carlson of promoting antisemitism and an anti-Israel foreign policy in their well-publicized spats.
- The recordings of Cruz were provided to Axios by a Republican source. They were made in early and middle 2025.
In the latter recording, Cruz warns donors that Trump’s tariffs could decimate the economy and lead to his impeachment.
- He tells them that after Trump introduced the tariffs in early April 2025, Cruz and a few other senators had a call with Trump in which they urged him to stand down. Cruz says the lengthy call, which stretched past midnight, “did not go well,” and that Trump was “yelling” and “cursing.”
“Trump was in a bad mood,” Cruz tells the donors. “I’ve been in conversations where he was very happy. This was not one of them.”….
Note….
Cruz is NOT the Only Republican dissing Trump and Vance in what thye think is private conversations….
More WILL be revealed going forward….
Bet on it….
Trump’s polling number’s kinda allow the slippage….
image….NBC News
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