00:00I mean, which side is hurting more, would you say? Because we've got these rival blockades.
00:05There's the US port blockade, which is crippling Iranian exports. And then there's the Iranian
00:09blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which essentially holds much of the world economy to ransom. I mean,
00:15who's hurting more?
00:18I think the actual impact is greater inside Iran. They have basically been cut off from
00:25their supply, not only of the ability to sell energy, which is most of its income,
00:30but in the ability to get goods from the sea. However, the Iranian regime is not very responsive
00:37to the Iranian people. They can see a complete collapse of their currency. They can see
00:41quite a few economic hardships. That's why they were protesting in the beginning.
00:46But the Iranian regime clearly doesn't care about the Iranian people. They've already killed
00:50during those protests tens of thousands. That's different in the United States. It's different
00:55in other places around the world. But the other parties of this are democracies. The United States
01:00is responsive to the people because they get a vote, literally. And in November, there's going
01:05to be a vote. And it's going to put Congress up for grabs when it comes to which party will
01:10control
01:11it. Right now, it's the Republican Party. That's President Trump's party. But that could shift.
01:16And this war could have a great impact because it's very unpopular with the American people.
01:20And the longer it goes on, the less popular it will likely get.
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