Pete Hegseth

While European capitals threw open their borders...

and hollowed out their militaries.

You can have all the rules you want and rules are great, but if you can't back them up with hard power, the rules are not worth the paper they are written on.

Europe and NATO have some big decisions to make and more on that soon.

The National Defense Strategy makes clear that the old toothless, utopian, and globalist course of foreign policy was headed for a disaster.

That all changes under President Trump.

We share a clear-eyed assessment of that security environment.

And a mutual understanding that a Pacific dominated by any hegemon would unravel the regional balance of power and undermine the equilibrium we all seek to preserve.

The Department of War is working with the utmost focus to prevent any such unraveling.

We were in a cabinet meeting just a couple of days ago, and the president said, hey, it will be a great deal.

And if Iran doesn't want to make a great deal that ensures they don't get a nuclear weapon, they can deal with the guy on my left.

And he was pointed at the War Department.

And we're serious about that.

Our ability to recommence, if necessary, we are more than capable.

Our stockpiles are more than suited for that.

The wait has been an American effort, especially on the blockade, which has been ironclad and frankly has put the real pressure on Iran.

They want to say that they control the Strait, but we do.

And everything behind the scenes shows that we are in control when it comes to that, including how the dynamics of the negotiation are coming together.

Did you discuss that with them?

And is that blockade still in place?