Stephen K. Bannon

But not only did he say nothing regarding specifically a ground operation, he even said that Iran is no longer a threat.

He said Iran is no longer a threat.

He called upon – and what's interesting, by the way, I want to note this.

When he called upon nations –

to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Now, we know that publicly he's been talking about NATO, but you notice he didn't say anything directly about NATO today and this evening.

He said nations that receive oil from the Strait of Hormuz, and one of the key positions of that is to remind everyone that, yes,

The Arab nations send their oil predominantly to, when you think of Qatar at least, predominantly to Europe.

But with Iran specifically, that oil is headed to China.

So this is all about China, who we know is working with Pakistan.

They put out that five-point peace plan just yesterday.

I think China is the big mover here.

And remember, President Trump six weeks from now, so he announced two to three weeks potentially as his window for looking at this operation.

close.

But six weeks from now, he's headed to Beijing.

They pushed it back.

That's a marker.

He's not going to leave American soil or Beijing to sit down with Xi Jinping, the head of the Chinese Communist Party, if this operation is still active.

By the way, I think and I'll go right to Solomon Jack oil, particularly West Texas Intermediate bounced.

I think it had a five dollar a barrel tick up over one hundred dollars a barrel.