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Donald Trump: “He gets about 40% of his energy or his oil from that, you…”

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President Trump Gaggles with Press on Air Force One En Route Anchorage, AK, May 15, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 06:05

Is your instinct that he will put pressure, that he will try and get them to do more? Because I don't need favors. I think he will, I think automatically he'd like to see it opened up. He gets about 40% of his energy or his oil from that, you know, from the strait. We get none. We get none. We don't need it. Mr. President, on truth Social, you said that President Xi had made a reference to the decline of the US we didn't hear it him say that. (06:05–06:12)

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Asserts that [China] gets about 40% of its energy or oil from the Strait of Hormuz, while the U.S. gets none.

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