Ben Shapiro

Other countries will be involved with this blockade.

Iran will not be allowed to profit off this illegal act of extortion.

They want money, and more importantly, they want nuclear.

Additionally, and in an appropriate moment, we are fully locked and loaded, and our military will finish up the little that is left of Iran, President Trump.

And that blockade was commenced this morning at 10 a.m.

Eastern.

It was effective on vessels attempting to reach Iranian ports or that were leaving Iranian ports.

The president also pointed out on Truth Social this morning that the United States would be obliterating any fast attack ships.

These are the small boats that Iran has been launching at tankers.

He says if they come anywhere close to our blockade, they will be immediately eliminated.

Now, again, what does this mean?

Well, it really means that the Iranian economy is dead, like DOA.

The Iranian economy was already basically screwed.

They had continued to benefit economically from the blockade because as the supply of oil was lowered, as they blockaded pretty much all non-Iranian ships or Iranian flagships or Iranian allied ships, the supply of global oil declined and the price of Brent crude skyrocketed.

And so Iran was shipping out more oil at higher prices.

And so the United States just said under President Trump, you don't get to do that anymore.

You're going to blockade pretty much everything except your own stuff.

Well, now we are going to blockade your stuff and you're going to have to deal with the fallout.

Well, Miod Maleki of the Foundation for Defensive Democracy points out what that means in terms of Iran's economy.

And the answer is it means they have no economy.