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Donald Trump: “Japan gets 95% of its [oil] from the Straits, the Hormuz…”

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President Trump holds news conference amid Iran conflict

Published | Video Starts at 43:39

So China is a great example. They get 91% of their oil from the Hormuz Straits, which we've protected for years. And it always bothered me that we have these countries. Japan gets 95% of its [oil] from the Straits, the Hormuz Straits. And it always bothered me that we're protecting and we don't need them. We didn't need them before we started dig. We must dig me was that's the Trump policy of lots of oil. (43:39–43:45)

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Asserts that Japan receives 95% of its oil from the Hormuz Straits.

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