Elissa Slotkin: “There is virtually no traffic moving, no shipping traffic…”

“20% of the traffic that moves oil around the world goes through that one choke point. And Iran is certainly has always been focused on projecting military power into the Persian Gulf. So right now There is virtually no traffic moving, no shipping traffic, no ships moving oil and other things through the Persian Gulf. First of all, because the insurance company is not insuring ships that are going to transit right now. They consider it too dangerous.” (04:52–05:01)

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