The Daily Beast reports:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) expressed concern Tuesday that “deep-state forces” are behind President Trump’s dismissal of former national security adviser John Bolton.
“I sincerely hope his leaving the White House does not mean that the deep-state forces at State and Treasury—who have been fighting tooth and nail to preserve the Obama Iran nuclear deal—have finally convinced the president to go soft on Iran,” Cruz wrote in a series of tweets.
In a Tuesday tweet, Trump confirmed that he had “disagreed strongly” with Bolton about a number of foreign policy issues—namely Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea. The president said that he dismissed Bolton, while Bolton insisted that he resigned from his post.
John Bolton is a friend, and he has devoted his life to defending our national security, including providing wise counsel to multiple administrations.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 10, 2019
I sincerely hope his leaving the White House does not mean that the deep-state forces at State and Treasury—who have been fighting tooth and nail to preserve the Obama Iran nuclear deal—have finally convinced the president to go soft on Iran.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 10, 2019
Relaxing the maximum pressure strategy, which is succeeding in dramatically weakening the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, would be an enormous mistake.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 10, 2019
Additionally, enabling Europe to send an economic lifeline to the Ayatollah would return to Obama’s failed foreign policy and undo the single greatest national security victory of the Trump Administration.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) September 10, 2019