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Donald Trump: “We're taking out more oil out of the Strait now than we did before the war.”

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When that happens, the oil will come tumbling down. But I do want you to know what the job that our Navy has done with the blockade, you know, We're taking out more oil out of the Strait now than we did before the war. And they'll shoot at us a little bit. They'll shoot being we knock it down like it's, it's crazy. It's amazing what our Navy has done, what our military has done. (00:59–01:04)

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Asserts that the U.S. is extracting more oil from the Strait of Hormuz now than before a conflict.

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