that s what it s all about. you know, we have built, and right now if you look at the united states, very importantly, we are the number one with oil producer, oil and gas, in the world by far. we re way ahead of russia, we re way ahead of saudi arabia with. we don t really need the straits anymore. we take some, but we don t need it. the biggest beneficiary of the straits is china. 91% of their energy comes out of the straits. japan, indonesia, many other countries need it. so we re doing them a very big service by keeping the straits open. but this is not about the straits. this is about iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, very simple. [inaudible] because we don t need it, just so you understand. we don t need it. [inaudible conversations] sir, your national security adviser came under harsh criticism by tucker carlson and others for pushing too hard on iran.
hello again, thank you very much for being with me. we begin this hours with breaking news on the growing tension between the u.s. and iran. trump explained his last-minute decision to back off planned military strikes against iran. the president also vowed more sanctions on iran and to keep it from having nuclear weapons. listen. everybody was saying i m a warmongerer and now they say i m a dove. and i think i m neither you want to know the truth. i m a man with common sense, and that s what we need in this country is common sense. but i didn t like the idea of them knowingly shooting down an unmanned drone. this is about iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. very simple. because we don t need it, just so you understand. we don t need it. if iran wants to become a wealthy nation again, become a
the most important thing they will keep us safe. the reason we went into syria is because obama set on the sidelines and watched syria get dismantled by the russians coming to aid. president trump was dealt a bad hand in syria but he s played it very well. the caliphate has been destroyed well done, mr. president. you promised to destroy the caliphate. we re down to a few blocks. these 200 troops in northeastern syria will attract about a thousand nato types and we ll have a stabilizing force. what have we accomplished? isis will never come back now and what had been an 80% american president, 20% european is flipped to where the forces now will be 80% european, 20% americans, iran cannot come down and take over the oil with this stabilizing force, in turkey and the kurds will not go to war. this is one of the smartest decisions the president has made we have the flow of arms to bay
president trump pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. the iranian leadership from the leader of iran revolutionary guard corps to the supreme leader of iran all said if iran cannot export its oil products through the strait of hormuz, then no one can. this is a major threat. the exercises that u.s. officials believe they are seeing in straight of hormuz with dozens of vessels, they are concerned if iranians are putting meat on the bones of the threats. president trump is clear. don t threaten the united states or there will be severe consequences. everyone is watching and looking to see how it develops. no comment from the iranians yet. no comment from the uae and other gulf countries. this is a united arab emirates oil port terminal. this terminal has been developed
gaza, and then you have the situation with iran, this unprecedented direct fire really escalating in the wake of the president trump withdrawing from the iran deal. iran on the defensive right now. and alise on that, iran saying the u.s. decision to withdraw will, and i m quoting now, speed up annihilation of israel. how is that being interpreted? look, i mean, that s a lot of rhetoric that you typically hear from iran, and certainly the israel sees iran as an existential threat. i think for right now this flairup between israel and iran might have dissipated. i think you re going to see this level of slow burn escalation for some time. israel has been very concerned about what it sees as a growing iranian military presence in syria, although the iranians deny it. but they will continue to go after those targets if they feel they re a direct threat to israel, and iran cannot help but