Chris Wright
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I don't know the future of gas prices.
So ending the Iran nuclear program is a tough challenge, as you're rightfully pointing out.
Is there short term dislocation from that?
Absolutely.
But we need to make that trade off or we have a long term threat to peace in the region, long term threat to energy supplies, long term threat to Americans.
If it's clear in the next few days that there's not a good path to a negotiated settlement, we'll go back to the military method to open the strait.
The fact is that President Trump and President Xi have very close relationships and President Trump puts American workers and American businesses first.
The most important thing is to win the AI race.
We have to have the most infrastructure.
We need to have the most data centers.
We need to have the most computing power, and that means more energy.
One of President Trump's core missions when he assumed the presidency was to unleash American energy dominance.
We'll get back there for sure.
Who's leading the delegation to Islamabad tomorrow, do we know?
Okay.
President Trump previously said with Iran there were very good conversations going on, but the top Iranian negotiator told state TV in Iran that the two sides are still far from a final agreement.
You think that there will be, you're optimistic there will be a deal sometime this week or next?
Let's play this clip.
So just to be clear, it's not safe right now to go through the Strait of Hormuz, correct?
That is correct.