Tucker Carlson

And that of course is China.

China is who the president is speaking to.

And by the way, the US president was supposed to be in China this month, April, meeting with the Chinese president, Xi, and that's been delayed until next month.

And we'll see if that actually happens.

But at the center of the conversation will be this question.

So how exactly would China open the Strait of Hormuz?

Well, probably not with aircraft carriers.

In fact, you have to wonder how many aircraft carriers will be built after this conflict because our aircraft carriers can't get very close to Iran because of the threat of drones and missiles.

So is it even useful to have aircraft carriers?

In this moment, we'll have to assess that.

It doesn't seem it.

But it's not its military that gives China the power to do this.

It's its economic relationships, of course.

So China is the largest...

trading partner with every Gulf country and with Iran.

In fact, China is one of the only countries that has any kind of meaningful relationship with Iran at this point, China and Russia, but particularly China.

So China could conceivably bankrupt Iran if it wanted, but China is also dependent on Russia.

Gulf Energy.

All of Asia is dependent on Gulf Energy.

They need it.