Tucker Carlson set the trap, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas walked right into it.
“How many people live in Iran, by the way?” Mr. Carlson, the former Fox News host and a longtime ally of President Trump, asked Mr. Cruz, who has become a stalwart supporter of the president’s evolving approach to the conflict between Iran and Israel.
“I don’t know the population,” Mr. Cruz said.
Then Mr. Carlson went in for the kill: “You don’t know the population of the country you seek to topple?”
“How many people live in Iran, by the way?” Mr. Carlson, the former Fox News host and a longtime ally of President Trump, asked Mr. Cruz, who has become a stalwart supporter of the president’s evolving approach to the conflict between Iran and Israel.
“I don’t know the population,” Mr. Cruz said.
Then Mr. Carlson went in for the kill: “You don’t know the population of the country you seek to topple?”