Stephen K. Bannon

Appreciate you over the Pentagon.

Thank you so much, Steve.

Ben Harnwell.

The president's looking to at least get an alternative.

It's optionality with the president range of alternatives.

There's clearly he's thinking through, hey, I've got options of if I got to put combat troops in, if I got to keep bombing these guys, if I need another regime change besides the guys I'm talking to.

But one he's clearly looking to do is have the allies step up here and bear some of the burden from your perch in Rome.

David Zerub is pretty optimistic that eventually Europe will do the right thing.

In your beady-eyed assessment, do you see that happening?

Yeah, but I got it, but Brent oil is $118 a barrel right now.

It's going to go higher if they don't see it.

If President Trump says, hey, look, it's your problem, you've got to step up here.

Also, this has to have major implications for the Ukraine situation.

The citizens of the United States are seeing what's happening here.

They're seeing the president.

It shouldn't be the president's responsibility to get allies to come on an on-ramp.

Particularly, let me just make sure.

This is stated, is that coming out of Hormuz, is oil and natural gas, LNG, going to Europe?

Going past the Houthis in the Gator Tiers down there into the Red Sea in Suez is 100% going to Europe.

You've got carrier battle groups right now with American kids keeping those open.