"Cruz is heard telling donors in one record that he had a lengthy late-night call with Trump and other senators where they urged him to stand down on his tariffs. That call did not go well, Cruz told the donors, with the president yelling and cursing at the GOP lawmakers. Trump was in a bad mood, Cruz said. He told the donors that he said to Trump: Mr. President, if we get to November of [2026] and people's 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10-20% at the supermarket, we're going to go into Election Day, [and] face a bloodbath."
"Cruz continued to warn Trump that he believed the tariffs would wreck the Republicans in '26. You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week. Trump's response to all of this? F*ck you, Ted, according to Cruz."
"The recording also showed Cruz trying to set himself apart as a different option to be the GOP presidential nominee in 2028. Cruz told the donors that Vance and his anti-interventionist foreign policy were being molded by Tucker Carlson. Tucker created JD, Cruz said. JD is Tucker's protege, and theya re one and the same, Cruz said."
Secret recordings from mid-2025 capture Sen. Ted Cruz criticizing President Trump's Liberation Day tariff plan and Vice President JD Vance to Republican donors. Cruz described a late-night call in which senators urged Trump to stand down on tariffs and said the president yelled and cursed at GOP lawmakers. Cruz warned tariffs could crash 401(k)s by 30% and raise supermarket prices 10–20%, predicting Republicans would lose both chambers in 2026 and face constant impeachment efforts. Cruz positioned himself as an alternative 2028 GOP nominee and portrayed Vance as molded by Tucker Carlson. Markets initially fell but later recovered strongly.
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