Tucker Carlson: “Iran's power derives from its ability to shut down or at…”

“Fundamentally, Iran is an economic power. And previous leaders have understood that. Our current leadership doesn't really seem to understand that or has not said that in public. But Iran's power derives from its ability to shut down or at least gravely damage the global economy. So the only question that matters long term is who reopens that strait? And it seems obvious at this point that the United States went into the conflict with the mistaken belief that it could, we could, somebody could reopen that strait by force.” (07:29–07:37)

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