idea of coal, which environmentalists would consider unclean energy. the fact he was able to sell it has fascinating political indications. aussies are ultimately a very practical-minded people and i should also note that after this iranian oil incident and what the iranians have been doing in the straits of hormuz the australians are helping guard the strait of hormuz. they re aware of the importance of keeping the world s oil supply up and running and the near term future will be dependent on fossil fuels. that is kind of the key issue here. the democrats are proposing to back out fossil fuels by 2025 or 2035 and go to alternatives like sun and wind.
data indicates it has happened. you can expect this president to simply drive that issue, that achievement over and over again. it should have some resonance. it is especially notable, bill, the democratic candidates will not talk about the jobs picture in the united states. they re trying to pretend it doesn t exist. bill: dan henninger with me. we get the 21 gun salute and comments by both world leaders. the state dinner tonight falls to melania trump, the first lady. i expect it will be quite exquisite at the white house this evening. you touched on the issues in the strait of hormuz and with iran. critical decision that needs to be made at some point within the next week or 10 days. that s this, how does saudi arabia respond to an attack on its own country? iran denies it. just yesterday their foreign minister said you attack us we ll consider it an act of war. how then do you build the
don t think the u.s. steps in and they d love to be the swing producer or the one who steps up because of the pressure on oil prices with consumers. it plays well with the white house. to nic s point, it s almost an international coalition not only to patrol the straits of hormuz but they can t spend all that on military defenses and that as well. breaking overnight, the acting director of national intelligence, a refusal to hand over the complaint. the complaint was deemed credible and urgent but the dni s office says it does not meet the definition of your subsequent concern because it does not relate to intelligence
which i think was the headline out of this press conference as well. second airily, i think what they re doing is getting international support to protect their oil assets going forward, christine, not just the waterways around the strait of hormuz, but actually their installations. they would like to pride themselves on rebuilding after such a shock. but they need to learn and get support on how to protect all of those assets, particularly if they want to go for an international public offering. make sure this doesn t happen again. that was a huge event and a shock in the market. all right. john defterios for us in jeddah. thank you. joseph mcguire refusing to comply with a request. the complaint was deemed credit aboutle and aur subsequent, but the dni s office said it does not meet the definition of your subsequent concern. the letter does acknowledge
in the world. so i think there is a real pursuit for fresh talks with iran. iran understands that very well. and their plan is twhois-pronged approach of provocation and at the same time, demanding new talks. so jason, you make a really important point which is that saudi arabia and arab kingdoms in the persian gulf in general see the real threat that iran poses. but you also say at the same time that the chances of a war breaking out between saudi and iran is just incredibly slim. help us understand that. look, i think that this slow conflict has been brewing for many years. it s been fought by proxies in yemen, in syria and other parts of the region for a long time. but that waterway, straits of hormuz, is so sensitive globally, iran and saudi arabia are so close geographically that