Iran and U.S. Military Policy

At an energy-themed event in Corpus Christi, Texas, President Donald Trump said he is "thinking about" putting Sen. Ted Cruz, R‑Texas, on the Supreme Court, joking that Cruz is "such a pain in the a--" he’d win unanimous Senate support from both parties because they’d want to "get him out of there." Speaking days before the March 3 Texas primary, Trump praised Cruz’s legal résumé — including nine Supreme Court arguments as Texas solicitor general — and cast him as the kind of conservative he’d consider if a vacancy arose. From the same stage, Trump also revisited his Iran rhetoric, telling the crowd the U.S. faces a "very big" decision on whether to strike and claiming recent B‑2 bomber raids "knocked out" Iran’s nuclear capability, even as he said he’d prefer a "peaceful" solution. The remarks fold potential court picks and looming choices on Iran into his broader campaign message on energy and national security in a battleground state primary. Legal and political observers online are already parsing whether the Cruz comment was pure banter or a signal of the kind of nominee Trump wants to float in front of his base and Senate Republicans.