David Frum

And you're giving aid and comfort to terrorism if you even contemplate changing the light bulb.

So the Trump people looked at that record and said, you know what?

They screwed up on those two counts, but like amateurs.

We're going to show some professional refusal to think about worst case.

We're going to show them what happened when you put Kash Patel on the job of not thinking about things.

How much not thinking can Kash Patel do?

And it turns out he could weigh more than Paul Wolfowitz.

MARK BLYTH Yeah.

When you read the story saying they didn't plan for the Strait of Hormuz, I'm sure that the United States Navy

There's a whole floor of the building that has spent the past 50 years thinking about what happens if the Strait of Hormuz is closed.

There's probably not a plan.

There are probably eight plans.

All kinds of options with cool names.

Actually, pre-Trump, so they're uncool names.

But you have to prepare.

The Iranians might really do this.

And Mr. President, have you considered which of those plans you will choose?

Have you consulted with the American people about how you will embrace them?

for the shocked oil prices it's going to.

And he just said, I'm not thinking, I'm just going to assume they don't do it.