00:00Comments crews made during meetings with donors released.
00:04Leaked audio review.
00:05Senator Ted Cruz sharply criticizing Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance.
00:10During private donor calls last year.
00:12In recordings obtained by Axios, Cruz.
00:15Trump's tariff policies could trigger economic collapse and political backlash.
00:20He suggested Vance was overly influenced by Tucker Carlson.
00:23He also recounted urging Trump.
00:25to reconsider sweeping tax hikes.
00:28Mr. President, if we get to November.
00:30of 2026 and people's 401ks are down 30% and.
00:35prices are up 10 to 20% at the supermarket.
00:38We're going to go into election day.
00:40Face a bloodbath.
00:41Cruz allegedly said.
00:43The response from Trump.
00:44A blunt and.
00:45Furious.
00:45F you, Ted.
00:47Despite this, Cruz's office is now playing.
00:50damage control.
00:51While not denying the recording's authenticity.
00:54They insisted the.
00:55Texas senator battles every day in the trenches to advance Trump's agenda.
01:00The leak couldn't come at a more sensitive time.
01:03Cruz is widely expected to launch.
01:05another presidential campaign in 2028 and sees himself as a traditional conservative.
01:10alternative to the Trump Vance brand.
01:12But standing in his way is vice president.
01:15Trump's handpicked successor, who prediction markets like Kalshi currently show.
01:20as the front runner for the Republican nomination.
01:23Vance didn't escape unscathed.
01:25Cruz's donor Rance.
01:26According to Axios, Cruz ridiculed Vance as a.
01:30pawn of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson.
01:33Tucker created J.D.
01:34Cruz.
01:35reportedly said.
01:36J.D.
01:37is Tucker's protege.
01:38And they are one in the same.
01:40The feud appears to go back to Cruz's public spat with Carlson over U.S. military action.
01:45in Iran.
01:46Cruz, a vocal supporter of intervention, accused Carlson and Vance.
01:50of orchestrating the ouster of former national security advisor Mike Waltz.
01:53After Waltz pushed.
01:55for strikes on Iranian targets.
01:57During the 2016 GOP primary.
02:00Trump branded Cruz, Lion Ted, and even mocked his wife, Heidi.
02:05Cruz eventually fell in line, backing Trump in the 2020s and campaigning for him in 2020.
02:10The latest leaks, however, reveal a much deeper rift.
02:15that could shape the battle lines in the post-Trump Republican Party.
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