00:00And on the purchases of oil, I think both India and China have indicated that they fully intend
00:05to continue purchasing Russian oil, whether or not U.S. sanctions are imposed. Is the U.S. seeking
00:11additional leverage in order to change Russian behavior, or what other levers is it going to be?
00:16Well, we know there's, of course, there's sanctions. There's what's known as secondary
00:20sanctions, which is what we're talking about now, sanctioning a country or a company or others that
00:25might be doing business with a country that we have sanctioned in this instance. I know that
00:31President Trump, as we all know, has many tools in his tool chest. This is one of them. He has
00:38invested a great deal of and will continue to regarding the wars and the conflicts around the
00:46world to stop them. And as a businessman, he likes to use, understandably, the tools that can make
00:53a difference with countries. We usually, of course, that is about economy, the economics
00:59of what's happening. And that's a very specific approach. It's something every country can
01:08understand. It's a role that America can play. And certainly at the direction of President Trump,
01:13it makes a huge difference in what certain countries feel. Whether that's enough for him,
01:18what else he might do, I won't get ahead of him or speculate. All right. Yes.
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