Vince

But that's an important component to this.

And it's a clear sign that he's looking to extract the lion's share of the US presence from the region over the course of the next two to three weeks.

He laid that out last night.

He said he is negotiating with the Iranians.

He said that with whoever the new people are that they're dealing with.

And here he is last night describing that very shortly, we're gonna hit them very hard over the next two to three weeks, he says.

But we are negotiating with them at the very same time.

Take a listen.

All right, the president is really going with carrot and stick here.

The carrot is you want a great relationship with the United States.

You want a flourishing situation for your people.

You want to get out of this very successfully.

That opportunity awaits.

Just say yes.

Just say yes.

If you say yes, if you stop menacing the Strait of Hormuz, if you play ball with us, you hand over nuclear material, then we'll stop blowing you up.

You want a ceasefire?

That's how you get a ceasefire.

That's all you have to do.

But if you don't, we'll keep destroying things until you're brought to your knees and you comply.