Stephen K. Bannon

I mean, we've done this before.

And this is one of the things they keep arguing.

They have to have a regional shutdown because they don't trust us because we've used these situations, these stand downs to basically strengthen our forces and pour more forces into the area to then ratchet up the pressure on them.

Correct.

You don't think he will turn it.

Well, but this is the point of it.

This is why a naval blockade is a different animal.

Right.

You're now thrust upon the world stage.

I'm blockading the Gulf of Oman in the streets of Hormuz.

You don't think that you think that to me, the purpose of it, maybe I'm missing it.

The purpose of it.

He understands that the Chinese Communist Party.

are double-dealing us, as they've always done, along with the Pakistanis and the Iranians.

And, oh, let me throw in there, too, our great allies in Saudi Arabia and Qatar and UAE and Tel Aviv, all of them.

And they're doing what's best for them.

They could care what is best for the United States' interests.

But you don't believe by stating we have a naval blockade that we're going to turn back the oil coming out of there from the regime to the Chinese Communist Party?

What's the purpose of a blockade?

Hang on for a second, Kevin, for now.