And if that takes, you know, 30 days to fully mature or two weeks to fully mature, but it will start immediately, as the President has said. By the way, I think your viewers need to remember Project Freedom never stopped. And we've run 125 million barrels of oil through the straits, and Iran couldn't do anything about it. How many ships from Iran have transited our blockade? 0. 0. We have controlled the straits this entire time. You're going to negotiate with them to immediately and gradually reopen it. (06:49–06:57)
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Asserts that the U.S. has continued oil operations through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iranian opposition.
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