Ted Cruz caught on tape blasting Trump trade war, Vance

Recordings obtained Saturday by Axios capture Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz – preparing for a potential 2028 White House campaign – launching fierce attacks on Vice President JD Vance and mocking President Donald Trump's tariff agenda during confidential donor meetings.

The nearly 10-minute audio compilation represents one of the most brutal Republican critiques of Trump and Vance since they assumed office one year earlier. Cruz used the early and middle 2025 sessions to establish himself as a conventional free-trade, interventionist Republican, positioned against Vance's less hawkish approach ahead of possible 2028 primary contests, according to the outlet.

Cruz depicted Vance as Tucker Carlson's puppet throughout his remarks to donors. The senator has clashed publicly with Carlson over the conservative podcaster's promotion of antisemitism and anti-Israel foreign policy.

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