The Strait of Hormuz is this narrow transit way that Iran is adjacent to and 20% of the world's oil transit through it. And there's not really a good alternative. And what Iran has laid mines and drones throughout [the Strait of Hormuz], and they're able to toll it and to deny passage to countries. countries. And what that means is we're in an energy shock now in the world. We have given the Ayatollah the whip hand over global energy markets, and now they don't need a nuclear bomb. (04:17–04:27)
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Asserts that Iran has mined and deployed drones in the Strait of Hormuz.
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