Ted Cruz

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz is clearly running for president in 2028.

“If you don’t run, who would run that would represent that wing of the party?” Megyn Kelly asked Vance during an interview, representing the anti-war faction of the GOP.

“Well you know, I think the committed, non-interventionist, America First Ted Cruz could be a representative for that wing of the party,” Vance responded in a joking manner.

“Who else you got?” Kelly asked.

“He’s clearly running for president,” Vance continued.

It was reported last year by USA Today that Cruz was laying the groundwork to run for president.

President Donald Trump was asked about Cruz running in November 2025.

“It's three and a quarter years (away),” he answered. “That's a long time. “But he’s a very good guy. He is a very good friend of mine.”

Last month, Cruz was one of the senators who criticized a potential peace deal with Iran.

“President Trump’s decision to strike Iran was the most consequential decision of his second term,” he wrote in a lengthy post on X. “He was right to do so, and we achieved extraordinary military results—including destroying all of their missiles & drones and sinking their entire navy. If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime—still run by Islamists who chant “death to America”—now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake.”