Dave Davies

It was a product of this war, right?

Yeah, it was open.

That's the problem.

Now it's closed.

Let's talk about where that's going next.

But I thought to set some context, we might listen to some comments by President Trump.

This was two weeks ago in an exchange with reporters, I believe in the Oval Office, in which he was saying that the U.S.

would soon wind down its military operations and the Strait of Hormuz wasn't really such a problem.

Let's listen.

And that was the president two weeks ago.

What does that tell you about his thinking?

The January protests in Iran.

Yes, yes.

Well, you and I are speaking Monday morning right about the time that the threatened naval blockade by the United States is to take effect.

I'm wondering if you have a sense of how effective this might be in restoring commercial shipping, what the challenges are.

Right, right.

It's interesting also that throughout the course of the war, if I understand this correctly, the United States has permitted Iran to export its own oil in order to soften the impact on world oil prices, right?

A naval blockade is technically an act of war, right?

Trevor Burrus And any administration.

President Trump had said at one point he expected other nations to join with the United States in the naval blockade.