A near-decade-old clip of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has resurfaced showing him questioning Donald Trump’s judgment and using an ominous, then-wild hypothetical for why he shouldn’t be president: He could attack Denmark. (Watch below.)
“I don’t know anyone who would be comfortable with someone who behaves this way having his finger on the button,” said Cruz in a clip from the heat of his failed 2016 presidential campaign. “I mean, we’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark. That’s not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe.”
The clip is bubbling back up as Trump increases his threats to take over Greenland, declaring on Truth Social that “anything less” than getting control of the semiautonomous territory of Denmark would be “unacceptable.”
Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, dismissed Trump’s talk following a meeting at the White House, telling reporters that he and the president still have a “fundamental disagreement” over the Arctic island. He also urged the U.S. not to cross the “red lines” of Denmark and Greenland.
The clip of Cruz was filmed just two days after his win in the Iowa caucuses.
