Rahm Emanuel

Everybody's out or nobody's out.

And it's easier to close something, as the Iranians have proven, than for us to try to open it.

So reverse the score.

Second, medium term.

The Iranians want a fee.

I think we go to the UN's International Maritime Entity.

They run it.

There is a fee charge, but it goes to Iran, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, everybody who got suffered in this process, not just Iran.

And the dollars or the resources are split that way among all the countries.

And it's managed by the United Nations Maritime Association.

Third, long term, use the Abraham Accords beyond what it is as a peace agreement that we're a party to.

It now finances a pipeline for Kuwait, for the UAE, for Bahrain, et cetera, either to the Gulf of Oman or to the Red Sea.

So there's alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz.

I would in addition say to anybody who's part of the Abraham Accords has zero tariffs, and I would also say anybody in the Abraham Accords gets front of the line on U.S.

military equipment.

It would double down on America being a trusted ally to our Gulf partners.

But that to me, short-term, medium-term, and long-term, is the best way to navigate what is a

Big, giant lemon.

That's just my idea.

We're spitballing here.