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2024 Watch: Sen. Ted Cruz says he’ll ‘wait and see’ what Trump decides and then ‘make decisions’

Former President Donald Trump applauds at a rally in support of Arizona GOP candidates on July 22, 2022 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. 

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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz says when it comes to deciding on whether he’ll make another White House run, he’ll “want and see” what former President Donald Trump decides.

Cruz, the conservative firebrand from Texas and the runner-up to Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential nomination race, told Fox News on Friday that he and other potential 2024 presidential contenders will “wait and see what Donald Trump decides and then make decisions from there.”

Trump has been flirting with making another presidential run since leaving the White House a year and a half ago and recently appeared to give his strongest signal yet of his intentions. The former president seemed to indicate in a recent New York Magazine interview that his 2024 decision is about when — not if.

“I would say my big decision will be whether I go before or after,” Trump said in an interview published last month, seemingly referring to the midterm elections in November. 

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Former President Donald Trump applauds at a rally in support of Arizona GOP candidates on July 22, 2022 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. 
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Cruz has consistently not ruled out making another White House run, has stopped a handful of times over the past year in the early voting states in the GOP presidential nominating calendar — with more likely to come in the months ahead — and has told Fox News and other news organizations that “when I ran in ’16, it was the most fun I’ve had in my life.”

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In his Friday interview — which took place moments after he addressed the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas — the senator gave another 2024 hint, once again emphasizing “I am committed to fighting to save this country with every breath in my body. It is what I believe in.”

But Cruz also stressed that his top campaign mission the next three months is helping fellow Republicans in November’s midterm elections.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on August 5, 2022 in Dallas, Texas 

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on August 5, 2022 in Dallas, Texas 
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“My focus is on 2022. I’m spending practically every waking moment on the campaign trail, focusing on retaking the House and retaking the Senate,” Cruz said. 

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