Karoline Leavitt: “We are strangling [Iran's] economy and it's getting weakened…”

“And the United States Navy is doing a tremendous job with this highly effective blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, which is exerting maximum leverage over the Iranian regime. We are strangling [Iran's] economy and it's getting weakened by the second. Of course, there's no end of criticism from the Democratic side of the political aisle on this.” (04:11–04:15)

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