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And the most arrogant part? I have heard repeatedly: “If Trump wants us to transit Hormuz, he should fly to London and engage with us there. We are the center of shipping, not him.”
Here is reality. Yes, we hit Iran. But we don’t need their oil. We don’t need the fertilizer, the food, or the cheap Chinese products transiting those straits.
America has enough wealth and resources to sustain itself. Cutting off world trade would hurt the average American. It would absolutely devastate Europe.
If I were Trump, I’d keep the Strait of Hormuz closed until the CEOs of the major shipping and oil companies come to Washington. You want American escorts? You want American capital? You want American military power clearing your sea lanes?
Then show up. Or stay home and explain to your shareholders why you didn’t.
I’ve had enough of their arrogance. And I pray the President has too.
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John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad
I’m at the biggest shipowner conference in North America right now.
I live in a very liberal town in Massachusetts and yet I have never seen worse cases of TDS in my life.
The London shipping cabal is PISSED
https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/2031539567422042541
Karoline Leavitt @PressSec - Trump ends Biden’s drug price nightmare — Americans get real relief with TrumpRx
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-ends-bidens-drug-price-nightmare-americans-get-real-relief-trumprx
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2031717056744222984
Karoline Leavitt @PressSec - This story from Politico is laughably false.
Both Secretary Wright and Secretary Burgum have been a constant presence at the White House since Operation Epic Fury.
I was literally just on Air Force One with President Trump watching Secretary Wright on television, and the President was saying he couldn’t be happier with both Doug and Chris.
There is nobody more qualified to lead in this critical moment, and to implement President Trump’s American energy dominance agenda.
Politico continues to prove they are garbage gossip trash fueled by cowardly anonymous sources.
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2031886916442861655
Karoline Leavitt @PressSec - Video: The left-wing media is lying and pushing a fake narrative that there has been “mixed messaging” about the objectives of Operation Epic Fury.
From the beginning, President Trump and his entire team have consistently laid out clear objectives to the American people about what the U.S. Military seeks to accomplish through these ongoing successful major combat operations:
1.) Destroy the terrorist Iranian regime’s missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground.
2.) Annihilate the terrorist Iranian regime’s navy.
3.) Ensure the regime’s fellow terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region and attack our forces
4.) Guarantee the terrorist Iranian regime cannot obtain a nuclear weapon.
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@POTUS (March 2): "Our objectives are clear. First, we're destroying Iran's missile capabilities... Second, we're annihilating their navy... Third, we're ensuring that the world's number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon... And finally, we're ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders."
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2031886160293740844
Karoline Leavitt @PressSec - Video: Me (March 4):
“At the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, launched last weekend, President Trump laid out clear objectives…”
https://x.com/PressSec/status/2031886172645888489
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