Neal Freiman
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14,692 appearances
180 recordings
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 11 Jun
Neal Freiman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So come 8 a.m.
or 8.30 when this website goes live, we'll see how well it holds up.
It's always a big day when you get another .gov URL entered into the world.
Okay, after a brief moment of hope, the Strait of Hormuz remains as closed as a Chick-fil-A on a Sunday, dashing expectations that the worst energy crisis in history would begin to fade.
It's been a dizzying 72 hours around the world's most important oil checkpoint.
On Friday, Iran declared the strait completely open after Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire, and several ships that were stuck on the other side made a break for the open seas.
Oil prices tumbled about 10% to $90 a barrel, while stocks surged to close at even more record highs.
It seemed like oil and natural gas would finally be able to reach far-flung markets starved for energy supplies.
But as those ships neared Hormuz, they abruptly pulled a U-ey.
Hours after declaring the Strait open, Iran closed it up again, blaming the U.S.
for continuing to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports.
and several ships attempting to transit the strait were even fired upon by Iran's military.
Even more escalation came last night when Trump said an American Navy destroyer fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, showing that the U.S.
blockade is real and being enforced.
Yet President Trump is still seeking an end to the war.
Yesterday morning, Trump said that U.S.
negotiators led by J.D.
Vance will head to Pakistan today for negotiations, but once again threatened to blow up Iran's power plants and bridges should they not agree to a deal.
Toby, so much confusion, but the bottom line is probably the Strait remains closed, 20% of the world's oil and gas supplies still not going where they need to go.
And I know I recommended Flight Radar 24 last Wednesday, which is a flight tracking app.
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