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Karoline Leavitt: “This cease fire is subject to the safe reopening of the…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Apr. 8, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 42:48

We will be helpful in any way that we can, but we fully expect Iran to do this, and the president has made that quite clear as well. Again, as his statement said last night, This cease fire is subject to the safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Again, this was just determined last night. We understand things take time, but but that's the President's expectation and he will hold everyone to it. Sure. In the green blazer. (42:48–42:53)

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Asserts that the ceasefire depends on the safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

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