Pete Hegseth

The blockade is very much still in place.

And the Strait of Hormuz came up relatively often.

And usually once we talked through it, countries were reassured that the American perspective accounted for that, which it did from the beginning.

And that also our view toward energy, I think, will reshape the global map.

And the president has talked about whether it's Texas or Venezuela or energy production, how the future in energy is actually an American future.

Iran knows very, very clearly what our expectations are and that's on the negotiating team to deliver.

They're coming in our direction.

The talks have been productive.

I think they know where it needs to go.

And I'm quite confident with our president, who makes nothing but great deals, that ultimately it'll be something he's proud to defend.

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 pointing 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 Iranians have engaged as they could.

I would point out we did not

change we did not have regime change but we changed the regime the the first level leaders decapitated the second level decapitated so we're dealing with with the third level and it's it's very tough then trump's treasury secretary pete hegsiff is at the shrangla dialogue uh in singapore here's uh what he had to say let's play this clip

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