I don't think the straits are going to be that powerful a leverage because people will move the energy pipelines out of the straits to the Red Sea, from there to Israel and the Mediterranean. We can unblock this choke point, and we will. How do you respond, though, to your critics who say that you intentionally misled President Trump to get the US Involved in this war? So, no, I didn't mislead anything. (05:28–05:31)
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Asserts the capability and intention to bypass the Strait of Hormuz for oil transport.
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