Pete Hegseth

Everybody needs to think about it this way.

If Iran had a nuclear weapon.

and they decided to close the straits and make our gas prices like $9 a gallon or $8 a gallon, we wouldn't be able to do anything about it because they have a nuclear weapon.

A nuclear-armed Iran could do whatever the hell they want with the Straits, and there's nothing anyone would be able to do about it.

And that's one of the many reasons, apart from the massive loss of life in a nuclear strike, why Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.

Everybody needs to think about it this way.

Thank you, Secretary Hexeth.

Last 24 hours or so, Iran's fired at us.

We fired at Iran.

I'm just going to ask you more directly, is the ceasefire over?

Two US commercial ships, along with American destroyers, have already safely transited the strait, showing the lane is clear.

We know the Iranians are embarrassed by this fact.

They said they control the strait.

They do not.

So American ships led the way, commercial and military, shouldering the initial risk from the front, as Americans always do.

And right now, hundreds more ships from nations around the world are lining up

to transit.

And Rubio said this morning, the operation is over and Epic Fury, we're winning.

Ultimately, the president's going to make a decision whether anything were to escalate into a violation of a ceasefire.

But certainly we would urge Iran to be prudent about