Marco Rubio

And if the answer is, no, we don't wanna normalize it, then you better have something more than just strongly worded statements to back it up.

Here's a more fundamental problem.

Iran now claims that they own, that they have a right to control an international waterway.

They claim that they have a right to control it.

What is the world going to do about that?

Is the world going to accept that Iran now controls an international waterway?

Because if the world is prepared to accept that, then be ready, because there's like 10 other countries that are going to start doing the same thing in their international waterways, or in international waterways near their countries.

That's an unacceptable thing that they're trying to normalize.

So if the answer is no, we don't think Iran should be able to control the Straits of Hormuz, then the next question is going to be for everyone, well, what are you going to do about it?

What is the world prepared to do about it?

And we're trying to do something about it diplomatically.

We have a resolution at the United Nations that we're trying to move forward in which the world and the UN will have an opportunity through the Security Council to vote and say, we are not going to allow them to mine the Straits.

We're not going to allow them to try to control the Straits.

And by the way, you have a bunch of humanitarian aid that's trapped inside the Persian Gulf and needs to be released and has not been able to move.

We're gonna give the world a chance to pronounce itself on it.

And if Russia or China or some other country decide to veto it, then you know what the impediment is.

But the fundamental question every country, not Italy, every country needs to ask themselves is, are you gonna normalize

a country claiming to control an international waterway.

Because if you normalize that, you've set a precedent that's going to get repeated in a dozen other places.

Hmm.