John Bickley

Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton, who is not a friend of the president now, made that point yesterday.

And we'll have to see if any of this actually translates to concrete support for the U.S.

in Hormuz.

Now, what's the latest on the war itself?

The administration recently asked Congress for an additional $200 billion in funding for the military.

How is it justifying that request?

Yeah, as Hegseth said yesterday morning, it takes money to kill bad guys.

And he says the military has been doing a lot of that and intends to do a lot more.

Trump also noted later at the White House that the military needs the funds for other operations as well.

On the status of the actual war, Trump and Hegseth said yesterday that Iran's leadership has been decimated.

And then the Treasury Secretary Scott Besson said yesterday that there are now defections at all levels of the Iranian regime and that it will likely collapse soon.

And that will trigger a new phase that would hopefully include the rise of a better government with support from the Iranian people.

Well, hopefully so, and hopefully sooner rather than later.

Tim, thanks for joining us.

Global oil prices surge as the disruption in energy production and distribution from the Iran operation continues to snowball.

Joining us now to discuss is Victoria Coates, a foreign policy expert at Heritage Foundation and the former senior advisor to the U.S.

Secretary of Energy.

Victoria, thank you so much for coming on.

Of course.

Happy to.