00:00They are trying to cut off international freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. is
00:08opening that up.
00:09This is a humanitarian effort.
00:11I can tell you, two weeks ago was IMF World Bank Week in Washington, and numerous countries come up to
00:19me, some of the poorest, some of the most vulnerable, and ask us to do this.
00:23Because it's not only energy that's in there, it's fertilizer, it's food transport, it's LPG for more than a billion
00:32-plus people in India used to cook.
00:34So we are saying the Iranians do not have control of the Strait.
00:38We have absolute control of the Strait.
00:40We have blockaded the ships going into or out of Iranian ports.
00:45Their economy is in free fall, and everyone says they have the high tolerance for pain.
00:51Well, their soldiers will not have a high tolerance for not getting paid.
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