Caroline Leavitt

What do you want to say about the president's plans for troops on the ground?

As we know, it's been largely an air campaign up until now.

It has been and it will continue to be.

And President Trump wisely does not remove options off of the table.

I know a lot of politicians like to do that quickly, but the president as commander in chief wants to continue to assess the success of this military operation.

It's not part of the current plan right now, but the president, again, wisely keeps his options on the table.

But as commander in chief, there's no greater priority or responsibility to this president than, of course, protecting the American people.

and protecting our troops and our bases in the Middle East, which Iran has been threatening for 47 years.

They have killed and maimed thousands of American soldiers, and President Trump was not going to allow Iran to attack our bases.

The president inherited the worst affordability crisis in our nation's history from Joe Biden.

And look at the progress he has made in the course of the past year.

Now, with respect to what's happening with gas prices right now, this is a short term disruption for the long term gain of taking out the rogue Iranian terrorist regime

and finally ending their restriction of the free flow of energy in the Middle East and in the Strait of Hormuz.

And even with this short term period throughout Operation Epic Fury, the president and his energy team are on the ball.

They've announced political risk insurance for cargo vessels and oil ships that are going to be moving through the strait.

They've announced that the U.S.

Navy, if and when necessary, will escort those tankers to ensure that oil can move.

The president is also tapping into our newfound market in Venezuela, where

Again, there were a lot of panic calling it a market is a bit of a stretch about that military operation and look at the success.

We are working in a cooperative manner with the interim authorities to bring that oil into the market.