The Texas senator breaks down the viral clip, in which Carlson asked him the nation's population, on his podcast Friday

Sen. Ted Cruz sparred with media personality Tucker Carlson, highlighting a rift among President Trump's allies over whether to join Israel's campaign against Iran.

President Donald Trump — who has attacked Carlson over his takes on the war — has since declared that he’ll take two weeks to mull whether the U.S. should strike Iran and has publicly dismissed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s Senate testimony that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.