Katty Kay

Are we bombing?

Is the Straits of Hormuz open?

Is it not open?

The situation is sufficiently murky that I think if I was a democratic strategist at this point, I would say, leave this to the administration.

Literally,

Oil prices are going up.

His approval ratings are going down.

Let them swim in this one.

And then if a deal is announced and it's on the front pages of the paper and it's clear what the deal is, at that point, you can point out the difference between the president's deal and the president's deal, 44's deal and 47's deal.

No, because I don't think the one that Trump is going to get is going to be terribly different from the one that Obama got.

So I don't think they'd have impeached him for it.

Trump talks in superlatives.

People discount that.

I don't think the US Navy is going to be escorting ships through the strait.

I think they're going to be telling ships which lanes are safe.

But I don't think you're going to be seeing actual Navy ships doing an escort, which is what it would take to get the ships through.

That's something, especially after this morning, where even if it was just warning shots that were fired, they're going to be very wary about that.

Trump wanted that.

But he seems to have been talked down from doing it.

But I think this goes on beyond Memorial Day, which is the end of this month, three or four weeks time.