The Shiro Corporation , Jakarta - Senator Ted Cruz stunned to admit that United States helping Israel attack Iran Since this week. This was revealed in an interview by Cruz with a former presenter. Fox News Tucker Carlson Tucker Carlson Show. The 90-second interview clip was aired on social media platform X on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
As reported Mediaite , The Republican senator from the state of Texas accidentally said that the US had launched a military attack on Iran. This answers Carlson's question about why the US did not attack Iran if they were convinced that Tehran was planning to kill President Donald Trump.
"Kami (AS) launched an attack on Iran," said Cruz.
Carlson kemudian mengatakan bahwa Cruz sebelumnya menyebut Israel yang melakukan serangan.
"Indeed, with our help (US). I say 'our.' Israel is leading the attack, but we (US) support them," Cruz firmly stated.
Carlson was stunned by the senator's statement. "Well, you're bringing up the latest news here. Because last night the US government denied it—National Security Council (NSA) spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer denied on behalf of Trump, that the US did not act on behalf of Israel in any offensive capacity."
Hearing this, Cruz tries to retract his previous statement. "No, we did not bomb them. Israel bombed them."
Carlson chases after Cruz again. "You just said 'we' did it." Desperate, Cruz tries to respond, "We support Israel."
Maintain presenter Fox News This also puts pressure on Cruz. "The stakes are high. You are a senator. If you say that the United States government is currently at war with Iran, people are listening."
The White House refuted reports circulating in the media that the US had decided to get involved in the conflict, with spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer stating: "US forces maintain their defensive posture, and that has not changed. We will defend American interests."
However, US military aircraft and naval vessels have moved towards the Middle East, and Iran's deepest nuclear facilities are thought to be penetrable only by bunker-busting bombs possessed by the US.
Israel has asked the Trump administration to join in the conflict with Iran. A US official told <Axios> on Saturday that the Trump administration was not actively considering it.
US officials also claimed that over the weekend, Israel had an opportunity to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, but President Trump told Israel that he opposed such a step.
A number of US senators on Tuesday sought to limit Trump's authority to go to war with Iran.
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, whose libertarian-leaning politics often put him at odds with Trump, joined several progressive Democrats in introducing a war powers resolution in the House that requires the US Congress to vote before Trump can attack Iran.
Senator from the Democratic Party, Tim Kaine, has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.
"This is not our war. But if it is, Congress must decide this issue according to our Constitution," Massie wrote in X when announcing the resolution.
Democrat members Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to the tweet by "signing" it. Meanwhile, Massie's office later announced that several other senators, including Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Greg Casar, would also sponsor the resolution.
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