00:01McDonald's.
00:03A DoorDash delivery arrives at the White House, a McDonald's meal for U.S. President
00:07Donald Trump.
00:09Today's order, a way to showcase Trump's policy of not taxing tips for workers like
00:13this delivery person.
00:16But reporters here are focused on other topics.
00:19They want to know about Trump's recent war of words with the Pope over the U.S.-Israeli
00:24war with Iran.
00:26But mostly, thereafter details on an issue that's gripped the world for weeks, closure
00:31of the critical Strait of Hormuz.
00:33Iran has stopped most traffic through the waterway since early March, even after a ceasefire.
00:38Oil and gas prices have soared, while food and fertilizer supplies have dwindled.
00:43After peace talks failed over the weekend, Trump announced his own blockade on all of
00:48Iran's Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman ports.
00:50One reporter asks why.
00:53Is it to force Iran back to the negotiating table?
00:56Is it to open up the straits so the gas prices ultimately come down?
01:00Maybe everything.
01:00I mean, both of those things, certainly, and more.
01:04We can't let a country blackmail or extort the world.
01:10On Fox News' special report with Brett Beyer, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, who took part
01:16in the peace talks, said some progress was made.
01:18But he says the strait was a major sticking point.
01:21We need to see the straits of Hormuz fully open, and this is, frankly, one of the things
01:26where the Iranians tried to move the goalposts during the negotiation.
01:29We made very clear that that's unacceptable.
01:32We came to the negotiation saying the United States, what we've given here is a ceasefire.
01:37We've stopped bombing the country.
01:38What we expect the Iranians to give up is a full reopening of the straits of Hormuz.
01:45Analysts say that while blockades can push opponents toward better turns, they need time
01:49to have an impact.
01:51A lot depends on the early days of the blockade, how many vessels the Americans can seize, how
01:58much they can convince vessels attempting to slip through a cordon that they're likely
02:03to be seized.
02:04But in all likelihood, I'd say it will prove difficult for the U.S. to enforce.
02:10While Iran says it's still open to talks, the mood in the capital, Tehran, is defiant.
02:18With thousands rallying against the U.S.
02:22And though sources like rights group HRANA say over 3,000 people have died in Iran since
02:27the war began, there's a sense that Trump's threats are wearing thin.
02:33He said he would strike many of our power plants and our infrastructure.
02:37He said many strange things.
02:39He said he would come and take one of our islands, but none of his promises were fulfilled.
02:44This is just another promises like the others.
02:47All of them are empty.
02:53And billboards like this one, showing the strait and the words, forever in Iran's hands, suggest
02:58that even if talks resume, the outlet for a fifth of the world's fuel will remain an obstacle
03:04to a lasting peace.
03:05Dolphine Chen and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
03:08And in the springtime.
03:08And it will show you how many more light and sunshine can be.
03:08And I will show you how many more light and suns, and the water will be full for a third
03:11of the world's fuel.
03:11And this is the water is red.
03:11And it will be a few more light, the suns, and the air is red.
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