Ted Cruz’s cheers for Trump’s cabinet picks on national TV mask a deeper rift, as secret recordings reveal the Texas senator unloading on President Trump and Vice President JD Vance to deep-pocket donors.
According to explosive leaks, Cruz didn’t hold back in private chats from early 2025, painting Vance as nothing more than a creation of Tucker Carlson—someone Cruz has long despised for calling out neoconservative foreign policy blunders.
Cruz reportedly told donors, “Tucker created JD. JD is Tucker’s protégé, and they are one and the same.”
? OMG. President Trump reportedly said to Sen. Ted Cruz "f**k you, Ted!" after Cruz privately warned of a midterm wipeout in favor of the Democrats – Axios
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 25, 2026
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The senator’s feud with Carlson runs deep, stemming from accusations of anti-Semitism and un-American views, but this jab at Vance signals Cruz’s discomfort with the noninterventionist shift in MAGA ranks.
Turning his fire on Trump, Cruz slammed the president’s tariff policies, warning they could tank the economy and hand Democrats a midterm rout. He painted a dire picture of plummeting 401(k)s and skyrocketing grocery prices, predicting total GOP collapse.
In one recording, Cruz described a tense phone call where he laid it out: “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, face a bloodbath.”
He continued, “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, never one to suffer fools, reportedly shot back without filter. As Cruz recounted to donors, the president’s response was a blunt “F**k you, Ted!”
Cruz noted Trump’s sour demeanor during the exchange: “Trump was in a bad mood. I’ve been in conversations where he was very happy. This was not one of them.”
These revelations, first dropped by Axios, come as whispers grow about Cruz eyeing a 2028 White House bid. Such a move would pit him directly against Vance, with Cruz pushing a hawkish, interventionist agenda that echoes the failed Bush-era policies MAGA voters rejected long ago.
Cruz’s potential run reeks of personal vendetta, especially against Carlson’s influence in steering the party toward isolation from endless foreign quagmires.
Cruz’s history with Trump is checkered— from bitter 2016 primary clashes to uneasy alliances. But this latest episode exposes the senator’s lingering resentment, especially as Trump’s tariffs aim to protect American jobs from unfair trade deals that have hollowed out manufacturing heartlands.
Vance, rising as a champion against elite overreach, represents the future of MAGA: focused on domestic revival, border security, and ending the deep state’s grip on policy. Cruz’s attacks only underscore his alignment with outdated neocons who prioritize foreign borders over America’s.
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