00:00We strongly encourage other nations whose economies depend on the strait far more than ours.
00:05You know, we get less than 1% of our oil from the strait.
00:09And some countries get much more.
00:12Japan gets 95%.
00:14China gets 90%.
00:16Many of the Europeans get quite a bit.
00:20South Korea gets 35%.
00:22So we want them to come and help us with the strait.
00:27Numerous countries have told me they're on the way.
00:31Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren't.
00:35Some are countries that we've helped for many, many years.
00:38We've protected them from horrible outside sources.
00:44And they weren't that enthusiastic.
00:48And the level of enthusiasm matters to me.
00:52And we strongly encourage the other nations to get involved with us and get involved quickly and with great enthusiasm.
01:01I have that from a number of them, and I'd like to say their names.
01:05But frankly, I don't know if they would want me to or not, because maybe they don't want to be
01:11targeted.
01:12But I say, it wouldn't matter if you're targeted or not, because this is a paper tiger that we're dealing
01:18with now.
01:19It wasn't a paper tiger two weeks ago.
01:21So it's a paper tiger now.
01:23Have you been speaking with the French President Macron about the coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
01:28Yeah, I have spoken to him.
01:31He's been on a scale of 0 to 10.
01:36I'd say he's been an 8.
01:39Not perfect.
01:40But it's France.
01:43We don't expect perfect.
01:45Are you confident that France will help with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz?
01:50Yeah, I mean, sure.
01:52He's going to, I think he's going to help.
01:54I mean, I'll let you know.
01:55I spoke to him yesterday.
01:58I don't do a hard sell on them, because my attitude is we don't need anybody.
02:05We're the strongest nation in the world.
02:07We have the strongest military by far in the world.
02:09We don't need them, but it's interesting.
02:13I'm almost doing it, in some cases, not because we need them, but because I want to find out how
02:17they react.
02:18Because I've been saying for years that if we ever did need them, they won't be there.
02:21Not all of them, but they won't be there.
02:23I was very surprised with the United Kingdom, because the United Kingdom, two weeks ago, I said,
02:30why don't you send some ships over?
02:32And he really didn't want to do it.
02:34I said, you don't want to do it.
02:36We've been with you.
02:36You're our oldest ally, and we spend a lot of money on NATO and all of these things to protect
02:44you.
02:44French President, Macron...
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