Tucker Carlson: “The point, of course, is to get the Iranians to open the…”

“Who knows at this point, for the President to call for that, it's worth stopping and saying, no, this is not acceptable under any circumstances. You haven't justified it. You couldn't justify it, and it can't be done in our name. And The point, of course, is to get the Iranians to open the Strait of Hormuz. Well, no sane person thinks that's going to work. At which point you have to ask, why would we do it anyway?” (15:24–15:29)

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