Michael Weiss

You know, I mean, I've I've always said when he threatens military action, people forget that taco Trump always chickens out.

That was coined by Wall Street analysts and traders over his backing down on tariffs.

Yeah.

But he usually does not back down when he threatens to not go to war per se, but to engage in some kind of military confrontation.

For him, it's not about war.

I mean, it is war, legally speaking, but he doesn't like sending in troops.

He's not in it for the long haul.

He would never do a full-scale occupation, which is why, frankly— See things go boom.

Yes, and I'm very glad of the fact that we're not sending Marine Expeditionary Units to Karg Island because every Marine I've talked to said—

we were going to lose lots of people.

This is, you know, it's a kill box, that sort of amphibious assault kind of thing.

And it's also people who have no experience doing it in combat because these are young kids, right?

These are not veterans from the war on terror.

So, you know, if a blockade is sort of the second...

tier operation.

All right.

I mean, fine.

See if it works.

The Iranians, by one analysis, stand to lose $435 million a day by not being able to move their oil.

China gets 40% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz.