President Trump will unleash even more fury. And that can only put them in a lesser position. So I think President Trump has done a very smart thing. I think This is superior to having put boots on the ground to try and take one of the islands. This will put not only the Iranians but the Chinese in a very difficult spot where now they will have to buy mark market based market priced oil or convince the Iranians to stand down and allow the strait to be reopened. (04:55–05:00)
CLAIM
Asserts that the current strategy is better than deploying ground troops to take an island.
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