No one sails from the Strait of Hormuz to anywhere in the world without the permission of the United States Navy to the regime in Tehran. The blockade is tightening by the hour. We are in control. Nothing in, nothing out. Iran's battered military, the IRGC specifically, has been reduced to a gang of pirates with a flag. They, they cloak their aggression in slogans, but the world now sees them for what they criminals on the high seas. They don't control anything. They're acting like pirates, acting like terrorists. (02:31–02:40)
CLAIM
Asserts that Iran's military, particularly the IRGC, is significantly weakened.
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