Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got into a fiery exchange on Tuesday over the senator's support for President Trump and his posturing toward Israel in its escalating conflict with Iran.

The conservative media personality on Tuesday released a clip from the interview — set to be released in full on Wednesday — in which he grills Cruz on details about Iran and its demographic makeup. When Cruz does not know the answers Carlson is seeking, the host blasts the senator for failing to know the details of “the country you seek to topple.”

“How many people live in Iran, by the way?” Carlson asked.

“I don't know the population,” Cruz responded.

“At all?”

“No, I don't know the population,” Cruz said.

“You don't know the population in the country you seek to topple?” Carlson retorted.

When Cruz asked Carlson the same question back, the journalist responded quickly: “92 million,” adding, “How could you not know that?”

“I don't sit around memorizing population tables,” Cruz responded.

The conversation grew increasingly heated from there, as Carlson argued the numbers are “kind of relevant........

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