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Bob Pittman

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1956 total appearances

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

We're already beginning to see shortages across a bunch of different regions of the world.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

Asian airlines are canceling flights.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

You've seen talk of rationing jet fuel in southern Italy.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

The EU broadly, European jet fuel suppliers have basically said that they can't commit to supply jet fuel into May, that probably through April,

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

This is going to be good.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

Like, like there's buffer here.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

This is what the inventories are for.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

But as we get into May and again, into kind of peak travel season, June and July, that's when these suppliers can no longer guarantee shipments, which means that airlines that are trying to book flights, you know, or trying to plan flights, they're not going to be able to have a bunch of friends that are trying to like plan European vacations.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

And they're like, Rory, will we have jet fuel?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

Will there be flights to get back?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

And I'm like, I, I don't know.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

Right.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

And you never would have pictured a moment where I'm like, I don't know if Europe would have jet fuel.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

That's the kind of situation we're now in right now.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

Yeah, absolutely.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

Well, it's 9, 10 a.m.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

right now.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

I'm looking at the oil prices just above $100 a barrel.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

And what's your sense of whether that reflects reality or whether these markets are still somewhat delusional or pricing in, OK, we expect Trump to somehow magically resolve this in the next decade?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
4/13/26: Trump Blockades Hormuz Strait, Negotiations Break Down, Gas Prices Spike

short period?