I don't mind protecting it for China. I don't mind protecting it for anybody. But it's unfair that we're not in somehow compensated. And We've been doing this [protecting the Strait of Hormuz] for many years. It's bothered me. 25 years ago it bothered me during my first term. I was doing things like you have to invest in the United States and. (11:36–11:39)
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