Valuetainment - Houthis Seize Red Sea Islands as Iran Expands

00:00:00.000 Houthis seized a key Red Sea island, threatening another global oil route.

00:00:07.480 The Iranian-backed Houthis militia seized Piram Island and Bab al-Mandab Strait.

00:00:13.800 After days of fierce fighting, Yemeni government officials said Friday,

00:00:17.300 giving Iran and its allies sway over the two main routes for shipping oil out of the Middle East.

00:00:22.700 The capture came as Saudi Arabia announced it had shut down a critical oil pipeline

00:00:26.780 after a drone attack launched from Iraq and a day after Houthis' forces swept into the port city of Moha.

00:00:33.240 Iran has already largely cut off oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

00:00:37.220 Now its ally holds a foothold at the Red Sea bottleneck. 0.82

00:00:41.620 Satellite images showed a plum black smoke more than 60 miles long near the pipeline.

00:00:48.500 Ahmed and Nagy of the International Crisis Group called the takeover a game changer.

00:00:52.780 In the past, they were creating uncertainty, but now they're controlling everything.

00:00:56.780 Iran, Bab al-Mandab, Crown Prince Mohammed MBS, urged President Trump and called this week to take military action. 0.66

00:01:02.700 Trump declined but pledged intelligence and targeting support.

00:01:05.540 The 2022 truce let the Houthis rebuild.

00:01:08.560 They created new weapons, say, Khatham House, Faria al-Muslimi. 0.99

00:01:13.940 They made a much more brutal and efficient version of the state.

00:01:16.780 Let me put it to you this way on what's happened.

00:01:18.420 See that map right there?

00:01:19.220 That's the island.

00:01:21.280 They took over Moha, the historic port city.

00:01:24.180 They took over Dubab, overlooking the Strait.

00:01:28.040 They took over Mayan Perum. 0.98

00:01:29.740 They took over Zakur.

00:01:31.760 And as of today, AP reports show now they've seized the greater and lesser of Hanish Island as well.

00:01:38.060 This is right there on the bottom.

00:01:39.800 Tom, if you want to kind of go through this to the average person, when we think about the Strait of Hormuz, that's the top.

00:01:45.220 What we're talking about right now is more the bottom, the Djibouti, which about 12% of business goes through there.

00:01:52.000 Tom, why is it so important?

00:01:53.000 This is important because if you were to draw a line straight across Saudi Arabia,

00:01:58.080 see Jeddah there to UAE, just draw a line straight across.

00:02:02.120 The Saudis built a pipeline so they could have ships over there,

00:02:05.800 and the ships can go north to Cairo, and they go through the Suez Canal,

00:02:09.280 which goes to the Mediterranean, and they could take oil to Europe.

00:02:12.720 They also would go south through the Yemeni Pinch, which is right there,

00:02:17.480 and all the islands Pat's talking about is right where those two pieces of land come together,

00:02:21.960 right near Sheikh Djibouti and...

00:02:25.380 Djibouti?

00:02:26.060 Trying to get to you. 0.98

00:02:26.840 Djibouti and Yemen. 1.00

00:02:28.480 Have a little respect for that booty. 1.00

00:02:29.620 Keep going. 0.69

00:02:30.880 So now, watch what happens.

00:02:33.000 So, A, Saudi pipeline goes all the way across.

00:02:36.780 They go in the ships, and they go to Cairo north.

00:02:38.900 But they also need to get to India and Indonesia and to China and other places,

00:02:43.280 so Saudi built the pipeline that could go south of that.

00:02:46.780 This was their insurance policy.

00:02:48.020 This was the insurance policy. 0.98

00:02:49.060 They knew this was coming, and so they built this in case Iran went nuts, which they have. 0.98

00:02:54.100 And now, guess what?

00:02:56.080 Now the Houthis are controlling all of the stuff in Yemen there, and they are not good people. 0.72

00:03:02.340 Everybody that lives on each side of that over there are not good people at all. 0.91

00:03:06.960 And so now we have two areas that are pinched.

00:03:09.920 And on top of it, if I make one comment, but we won't go there, we'll just make the comment.

00:03:14.480 Now you can see why Trump over the weekend said to Zelensky, I understand you're pounding Russian positions, but go easy on the diesel manufacturing because he's thinking about two things, world price of diesel and European access to diesel of those who do get it from Russia.

00:03:35.360 Yeah.

00:03:36.900 Add it up, it's a problem.

00:03:38.280 By the way, 12% of global trade, but this is kind of where I'm at, Tom.

00:03:41.300 And I think this may be unpopular, but I'm kind of with MBS is where I'm at. 0.88

00:03:49.020 You mean, so wouldn't you say this is a form of Iran expanding, expanding themselves? 0.71

00:03:56.580 Houthis? 0.99

00:03:57.080 Absolutely. 1.00

00:03:57.920 Funded by Iran, they're expanding themselves. 0.89

00:04:00.460 Guess what? 0.95

00:04:01.440 Can I ask what the hesitation is with us taking over Karg Island?

00:04:06.240 What is the hesitation with us taking over Karg Island?

00:04:08.860 Well, the timing of it was limited because the ships that we track, remember, we were tracking ships, USS Boxer.

00:04:16.000 We were tracking minesweepers and amphibious assault ships, and they ran into serious technical issues after they came over.

00:04:24.160 And I'm wondering, where is the invisible hand holding us?

00:04:29.840 Because I'm shocking me to say, on this point, I agree with MBS. 0.67

00:04:35.180 As soon as you go after Karg Island, one of two things. 0.99

00:04:39.360 If you destroy it, Pat, you create a worldwide problem because that's where they fuel the ships. 0.69

00:04:45.860 But if you take Karg Island and then they still hold the Strait of Hormuz, they're like, okay, all right, President Ellsworth, you got the island, but you ain't bringing that oil past here.

00:04:56.480 And so it's like a standoff. 0.57

00:04:59.880 But I don't know why they wouldn't just take we or the coalition would not, at this point, take Kargai.

00:05:06.980 You know what it's like to me at this point?

00:05:09.180 Okay.

00:05:10.480 You know, you're there already.

00:05:15.260 I've made this publicly.

00:05:16.500 I said this on Mario in the fall when you had me. 0.99

00:05:18.040 I said I wouldn't have taken out Khamenei. 0.98

00:05:21.140 I said that publicly.

00:05:21.920 I wouldn't have killed him.

00:05:22.580 But guess what?

00:05:23.120 Now you have.

00:05:24.540 If you have, you send all our best ships there.

00:05:27.840 We're there. 1.00

00:05:29.160 Iran keeps punking, straight of Hormuz. 1.00

00:05:31.380 You keep saying we have control over it. 1.00

00:05:32.820 Obviously, we don't.

00:05:34.960 And now Houthis is expanding publicly in your face,

00:05:39.920 going to places and hurting good partners.

00:05:43.320 You know what just happened right now with Canada?

00:05:44.820 Mark Carney is going to EU because he wants to create a partnership now with EU.

00:05:47.660 He's going out there and saying, let me go strike a deal with EU.

00:05:50.620 And EU is like, let's entertain a conversation.

00:05:52.160 We know EU is not necessarily 100% with Trump.

00:05:54.780 We know that for a fact.

00:05:55.880 And they probably can't even wait for Trump to be done with his term.

00:05:59.960 Okay.

00:06:00.700 So if you have these Gulf states that are now siding with you, they're asking you for help.

00:06:07.040 Now we're not moving.

00:06:08.280 We're getting it to Intel. 0.99

00:06:10.400 Iran is expanding with Houthis. 0.99

00:06:12.500 You're already there. 0.88

00:06:13.800 What are you hesitating on? 0.95

00:06:15.200 By the way, you've already lost the PR race with Iran. 0.89

00:06:19.100 So you're not going to get any better with the PR race. 0.68

00:06:22.160 Meaning, if you've already heard what the PR rates, you saying the war is going to end after midterms, nobody believes you.

00:06:28.980 Nobody believes you, including your supporters don't believe you.

00:06:31.740 Eighty percent of them don't believe you that the war is going to end after, at this point, after midterm.

00:06:36.420 It's already taken ahead.

00:06:38.180 You have to do a Republican National Convention where we have to talk about $5,000 if we win.

00:06:44.960 You're bribing that's going to be a trillion dollar added to the deficit, which people don't support.

00:06:48.920 And they don't support you doing that because Democrats are going to be able to do $100,000 per vote.

00:06:53.660 Terrible idea.

00:06:54.680 Double whammy.

00:06:56.020 You're in it.

00:06:57.400 You thought it was going to be easier.

00:06:59.480 It's not.

00:06:59.920 Even he said something the other day, which I actually love the fact that he said this.

00:07:03.460 Trump said, where is the story about Trump saying, you know, sometimes you even, Trump on Iran war regrets.

00:07:11.180 You can always question yourself a little bit.

00:07:13.260 I don't know if you guys saw this clip or not.

00:07:14.900 That's human.

00:07:15.740 Yes.

00:07:16.100 You can, yeah.

00:07:16.840 Messed up.

00:07:17.280 Yeah, you can always question yourself.

00:07:19.040 We would have done.

00:07:19.560 Is this it?

00:07:20.000 Can you play this clip?

00:07:21.060 Can you play this clip, please?

00:07:22.160 225.

00:07:22.720 Yeah.

00:07:23.120 Well, you don't know that.

00:07:24.920 Any regrets?

00:07:26.200 No.

00:07:26.820 I think.

00:07:27.220 No regrets.

00:07:28.120 I don't believe in the word regret.

00:07:31.460 You can always question yourself a little bit.

00:07:33.600 Good.

00:07:33.860 I like that.

00:07:34.440 So guess what, Mr. President?

00:07:35.600 A few people have asked me that.

00:07:36.240 Guess what?

00:07:37.460 Your reputation is not going to change right now with the non-interventionists that are furious with you.

00:07:45.060 president bush the other day said something last wednesday which he should watch he said

00:07:50.920 sometimes the non-interventionist movement expands and it does well and you forget that

00:07:56.500 your partners that are doing business with you and buying from you who are living in that area

00:08:01.040 are being affected by those who are intervening and expanding like iran is so guess what let it

00:08:08.280 rip oh are you imposing are you saying to go do the war birthday they're hitting you what are you

00:08:13.940 talking about at this point even when some of the conservatives you know who like to go to cutter

00:08:21.460 and maybe some of you guys who are getting funded by cutter you know who you are

00:08:25.620 cutter's not happy with what iran is doing those are the guys that are giving you money you know

00:08:29.960 who you are you may even sit there and say hey listen man i like the money i'm getting from

00:08:35.000 cutter can we intervene a little bit like deep down inside even those guys are sitting there

00:08:39.780 saying we can't have iran doing this do you understand what i'm saying like i'm giving you

00:08:43.000 giving you a different angle but i think if that's what's going on dude let's go with carg

00:08:49.160 island let's go with something publicly they're saying i'm gonna take that real estate in your

00:08:54.820 face in your face in your face now keep a mind behind closed doors you know the president's

00:09:03.360 very good at saying look here look here look here bam so stuff may be cooking behind closed doors

00:09:08.280 and nobody knows it but uh to me if they keep expanding and your partners are taking a hit

00:09:14.200 you better make some calls and behind closed doors we you know you better you better do

00:09:18.860 something so the market is realizing you're not going to keep getting away with this because

00:09:23.080 they are getting away with it right now so my concern is do it fast you know how sometimes

00:09:29.480 like you know when you're you're you go to the doctor and they're doing some testing on you

00:09:34.200 and you're middle eastern you have a hairy chest yes let's just say i don't know what that means

00:09:37.960 And then they go like this.

00:09:41.160 The stickers for all the, oh, my God, that's the worst.

00:09:43.240 And I just tell them, what are you doing, nurse? 0.68

00:09:46.060 Rip it. 1.00

00:09:47.060 Rip it.

00:09:47.700 And then you scream like the scene from 40-Year-Old Virgin.

00:09:51.420 And then you get it over with.

00:09:52.600 Kelly Clarkson.

00:09:53.180 Right?

00:09:53.860 Yeah, you get it over with.

00:09:55.180 So I think we're at a point right now that this lagging approach is going to be horrible for midterms,

00:10:00.860 and I think it's going to be horrible for 2028.

00:10:03.120 I would much, by the way, Tom, question for you.

00:10:05.400 If you have a shot at losing midterms or 2028 presidency,

00:10:08.940 which one would you rather lose?

00:10:11.120 Well, I'm about to lose right now.

00:10:12.860 So right now I'm thinking about 2028, but I got to mitigate right now.

00:10:16.120 So guess what?

00:10:17.220 In your mind, yes, you're greedy.

00:10:19.560 You want both.

00:10:20.360 But the more you're lagging it, the more you're hurting both.

00:10:23.760 Yes.

00:10:24.160 Not one of them.

00:10:24.960 Let it rip. 0.91

00:10:25.860 Let us hate on you. 1.00

00:10:26.960 Let us tell you're the worst. 1.00

00:10:28.060 Let everybody in the market talk shit. 1.00

00:10:30.180 Look at him. 1.00

00:10:31.020 He sucks. 1.00

00:10:31.960 Approval rating sucks. 1.00

00:10:32.860 The worst ever. 1.00

00:10:33.520 worse than this and worse than that and worse than that, boom. 0.96

00:10:36.400 And then afterwards, Iran's toppled. 0.95

00:10:38.580 Oh, maybe it was a pretty good move, but don't do it slowly. 0.86

00:10:42.140 Take that thing out. 0.90

00:10:43.540 Go watch 40-Year-Old Virgin for inspiration.

00:10:45.920 Let's roll is what I'm saying.

00:10:47.620 My opinion.

00:10:48.360 Adam, I'll give you thoughts on it.

00:10:49.380 I'm not a 40-Year-Old Virgin, Pat, but I'll comment on the story.

00:10:53.560 Look, I'm actually.

00:10:55.260 You look like a little nerd, though, right?

00:10:56.560 Thank you. 0.68

00:10:57.120 It's a good look. 0.99

00:10:57.860 I want to give you a wedgie.

00:10:58.900 It's me.

00:10:59.400 Good look.

00:10:59.900 At least he's a handsome nerd.

00:11:01.460 Thanks, guys.

00:11:02.000 I really appreciate that.

00:11:03.520 I'm going to push back a little bit.

00:11:05.080 I hope you don't mind.

00:11:05.800 Push.

00:11:06.420 I am, number one, let me go to first principles.

00:11:09.660 Am I happy or upset that Trump actually took action on Iran initially?

00:11:14.760 Very happy. 0.96

00:11:16.160 Because everyone's been kicking the can down the road.

00:11:18.720 Every president has basically publicly stated we need to do something about Iran, but then just quietly did nothing.

00:11:24.840 Or they give some BS nuclear deal that Obama did, and then Biden gave them money.

00:11:30.420 Jimmy Carter did this.

00:11:31.360 nobody's actually stepped up and taken action on Iran and Trump did so I want to give him credit

00:11:35.640 for that now when he said he had no regrets I actually agree he also said that he might have

00:11:41.080 done things a little bit differently and maybe that's what you should have done but two things

00:11:46.800 for me as much as America and even Israel were involved in the initial part of this

00:11:52.580 you regional powers in the Middle East step the hell up like in the Middle East you have one of

00:11:59.860 two categories you either have like the monarchies and the kings and the the shahs and the supreme

00:12:06.040 leaders or you have regional terrorist groups running your country so you got to pick a path

00:12:11.940 there's zero free countries in the middle east zero so what are these countries gonna do saudi

00:12:18.000 arabia i mean how much are familiar with the history of the the houthis and understand how

00:12:22.840 big and powerful they are you understand how big they are bad out of all the terrorist groups in 0.95

00:12:27.400 the world do you know where they rank in terms of manpower military power do you know where they

00:12:31.880 rank number one they have 250 to 300 000 armed militia fighters and these aren't part-time guys

00:12:39.340 these aren't guys like hey honey i gotta go to work today they are born and bred to be warriors

00:12:44.780 they got nothing going on in yemen yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world

00:12:48.640 they basically took over their government they had a civil war 2004 to 2014 nobody said anything

00:12:54.720 hundreds of thousands of people dying unless it's palestine keep quiet about that yemen and then in

00:13:01.140 2014 saudi arabia was like yeah uh we don't want radical extremist shia radicals uh running the 0.69

00:13:11.520 country right on our border so now we're gonna step in and what did they do saudi arabia had

00:13:16.280 another war with yemen with the houthis for another decade and they failed they lost so all

00:13:22.120 these the saudi military you lose to a bunch of radical rebels iran we know that the rgc is great

00:13:29.880 at killing their own people horrible so what are you saying i still don't have what you're saying

00:13:34.200 what i'm saying point like i'm this is so much foreplay yeah tell me you're saying you disagree

00:13:38.940 what are you disagreeing with i'm saying you're putting it on trump respectfully i'm putting it

00:13:44.160 and saying you do something about it middle east you've let this this thing fester just as much as

00:13:49.520 america and my apologies to put this all on trump and say you need to step up you need to step up

00:13:55.320 you need to step up you need to finish this i think he eventually will after midterms i've said

00:14:00.400 unequivocally i think after midterms win or lose trump's going to do something bigger and deeper

00:14:05.480 in iran because then he has two years that's not how this works but but this is my not how this

00:14:09.280 works but let me tell you needs to step up let me tell i think qatar needs to step up i think

00:14:13.360 jordan needs to step up i think iraq needs to step up all the regional powers need to stop looking

00:14:18.620 in america being like please please would you help us let me tell you do something let me tell you

00:14:22.780 why let me tell you why i disagree let me tell you why i disagree and and this is kind of a weird

00:14:27.580 thing for a uh uh the argument to be this way who started it iran started it in 1979 i know but

00:14:37.700 like if we want to go back and back and back and back don't give me some ridiculous answer that's

00:14:41.080 not a ridiculous who started it who did the first attack in 26 who started it we did if you want to

00:14:47.620 say america than america okay america and who it was a part of israel okay great if you started it 0.79

00:14:52.760 saudi is going to be like what the hell are you talking about i never sat there and told you to

00:14:57.340 do this in the first place you've made my area and region a chaotic area you did this i didn't 0.77

00:15:02.160 tell you to do this no no no no respectfully it's always been chaotic no no but they didn't just

00:15:06.420 make it they're trying to clean up the mess i understand that the part that the part that the

00:15:10.520 president gets credit for is he he was the first one with brass to actually do what all these other 0.98

00:15:16.860 The guys kept talking shit about Kamala Harris. 0.97

00:15:19.160 Iran is this. 1.00

00:15:19.940 Obama, Clinton.

00:15:21.200 Oh, Iran is this.

00:15:22.020 Iran is this. 1.00

00:15:22.500 Yeah, but when it comes down, you didn't got the balls to do shit about it. 1.00

00:15:25.680 But, dude, I get that. 0.99

00:15:28.620 But if you started, wrap the whole thing up already.

00:15:32.100 I wish there was that easy to wrap something like that.

00:15:34.200 But what I'm saying to you is if you don't,

00:15:38.580 this is going to be another one of those 10, 20-year things that's going to take place.

00:15:42.640 And guess what?

00:15:43.700 That's not a good idea because if it continues like this,

00:15:46.860 Imagine if this thing is still going on in September of 2028.

00:15:50.680 How do you think this helps the election?

00:15:52.280 Well, obviously, that would be a big issue, but I don't see it lasting that long.

00:15:56.340 That's my opinion. 0.99

00:15:58.180 How is Iran even surviving at this point?

00:16:01.060 They're getting stranglehold, and you talk about choke points. 0.97

00:16:05.700 Their currency is deflating.

00:16:07.480 They have no money.

00:16:08.100 How is Houthis going around doing what they're doing?

00:16:09.820 Houthis is separate.

00:16:10.820 I'm talking about Iran.

00:16:11.360 Who funds Houthis?

00:16:12.740 They're so broke.

00:16:14.060 Hold on. 0.57

00:16:14.420 Who funds Houthis?

00:16:15.380 are you saying that iran funds who funds the houthis the houthis fund themselves where do

00:16:20.920 they get the money from what does they have taxes i i know a little bit about this they get money

00:16:25.940 from who's the representative who does houthis they do get a portion of their money from iran

00:16:30.380 what i'm saying to you is but it's not 100 i get it's not even 50 i know it's not but what i'm

00:16:35.020 saying to you is when you think houthis who does the houthis tie to iran they're tied to the shia

00:16:39.460 military who are they doing this for who are they doing this for to take over these different

00:16:43.000 They're doing this for Allah. 0.70

00:16:44.460 I know, but in the main country representing their Allah right now,

00:16:49.080 that's in war with U.S. is who?

00:16:51.560 Iran.

00:16:52.320 Okay. 0.99

00:16:53.140 They're not doing for the Gulf states. 0.62

00:16:55.320 So is Hezbollah doing everything for Iran? 0.88

00:16:57.400 Is Hamas doing everything for Iran? 0.91

00:16:58.800 Is ISIS doing everything? 0.93

00:16:59.960 They're all intertwined.

00:17:01.060 At the end of the day, it's not. 0.79

00:17:04.740 Houthis, I'll tell you this. 0.56

00:17:06.220 When the 2004 civil war started for 10 years and then they fought Saudi,

00:17:11.160 Iran wasn't even in the equation. 0.89

00:17:12.900 This was their own thing. 0.75

00:17:14.220 So, yes, I know that they're sort of conflated at this point,

00:17:16.920 but I'm just trying to establish that Houthi's got their own thing going on,

00:17:21.760 independent of Iran.

00:17:22.880 Yeah, you're seeing stories like this.

00:17:25.180 If Saudi is one of our main partners that they're doing a lot of things.

00:17:28.020 I wouldn't even call them a main partner at this point.

00:17:30.340 Did they just sign a security agreement with Pakistan?

00:17:32.840 And with Turkey?

00:17:35.040 Why are they forced to do that, though?

00:17:36.800 Because they're weak and they don't have their own military and their own army?

00:17:39.320 And they refuse to step up? 1.00

00:17:40.920 And I appreciate what Saudi's doing. 1.00

00:17:42.480 It sounds like I'm coming down hard on Saudi. 0.72

00:17:44.440 But to put this all on Trump and on America, the Middle East Arab countries, they need to step up against Iran. 0.96

00:17:50.780 Who can, who has the military power to go up against them right now? 0.98

00:17:56.080 Iran. 0.92

00:17:57.020 Which one of the Middle Eastern regions has the power to go up against them right now? 1.00

00:18:00.400 Collectively, they all do. 0.98

00:18:01.780 But they don't want to do that, though.

00:18:03.380 Because they're soft.

00:18:04.260 But because, again.

00:18:05.720 Because they want to rely on America.

00:18:06.880 You didn't start.

00:18:07.460 Because they want our troops to die.

00:18:08.800 You didn't start. 0.88

00:18:09.100 People say, oh, we're not going to go die for Israel. 0.74

00:18:11.360 Yeah, but what are these Middle Eastern countries doing?

00:18:14.000 They're getting affected.

00:18:15.260 Zero bombs.

00:18:16.280 Zero missiles are going into Israel at this point. 0.59

00:18:18.760 The only difference here is you started it in the U.S.

00:18:22.840 Now you're in.

00:18:24.060 So if you started, you have to finish it?

00:18:25.720 If you started it, what are you talking about?

00:18:27.520 You sell the ships.

00:18:28.580 I hear what you're saying.

00:18:29.820 I'm not disagreeing, but I'm saying what level of involvement do the Middle Eastern countries and Arab countries have in this? 0.76

00:18:35.420 Nothing?

00:18:35.780 You keep saying that we have control of the Hormuz.

00:18:40.000 You don't.

00:18:41.360 Who keeps saying that?

00:18:42.220 The president.

00:18:42.880 Oh, I'm not saying that.

00:18:43.620 No, he's saying that.

00:18:45.220 I'm not taking him literally.

00:18:46.480 No, but that's not the point.

00:18:47.640 When he says stuff like this, and imagine you're MBS and you're one of those surrounding countries,

00:18:52.020 like, no, you don't.

00:18:53.700 No, you don't.

00:18:54.560 You're confusing a lot of people when you're saying stuff like this.

00:18:56.780 If you do, well, then stop them.

00:18:58.940 If you don't, well, then don't.

00:19:00.200 So let me rephrase maybe my question. 0.70

00:19:02.900 What role do you think MBS, Saudi has to play, Qataris have to play, Jordanians have to play,

00:19:09.420 all these other countries?

00:19:10.460 What role do you think that, if you think that Trump started it and should finish it, what role?

00:19:15.060 Should they help strategically, militarily, economically?

00:19:17.740 Should they root on the sidelines and go Trump?

00:19:20.620 How much money did they commit to invest into the U.S.?

00:19:24.180 What's the amount of money they committed to investing in the U.S.?

00:19:26.720 Which country?

00:19:27.140 Saudi. 1.00

00:19:28.200 Saudi's throwing money around because they're trying to be. 1.00

00:19:30.180 But guess what, though? 0.96

00:19:31.000 But remember when the president's going and saying we've got $18 trillion of commitments to build in the U.S.

00:19:35.060 That's not from Saudi.

00:19:36.700 That's a total $18 trillion.

00:19:38.520 A big chunk of it is from Saudi.

00:19:39.940 Sure.

00:19:40.180 People can invest in different ways to support.

00:19:42.620 That's true.

00:19:43.140 Nobody wakes up in the morning and says Saudi has one of the best militaries.

00:19:46.000 They've got to go work on it, and they've got to build it.

00:19:47.580 But back to my initial question, I'm not trying to be combative.

00:19:50.620 What role should they play in this combat?

00:19:52.560 In the future, moving forward, you don't think Saudi and MBS are sitting there realizing. 0.98

00:19:57.740 You don't think Dubai is sitting there realizing, holy shit, we better get our act together, 0.95

00:20:01.960 or else at any point things can happen. 0.96

00:20:03.460 It's taking an effect on our business.

00:20:05.040 That doesn't happen overnight. 0.91

00:20:06.140 But the point is, I think that they've known this for decades, that Iran's always going to latch out. 0.85

00:20:09.980 Of course, they've known that. 0.97

00:20:10.680 They can't act surprised.

00:20:11.620 No one feels bad for them at this point.

00:20:12.920 Of course, they've known that for decades, but they didn't start this war.

00:20:16.640 They did not.

00:20:17.620 This one, they did not start.

00:20:18.900 But this goes back to my initial point.

00:20:20.460 If Trump never did this, we'd be having a way bigger war in 10 years.

00:20:24.040 And unfortunately and fortunately, if you're going to make a heavyweight decision like that,

00:20:28.600 you've got to finish that heavyweight decision yourself.

00:20:31.100 You made that decision.

00:20:32.220 Then what's the point of having allies?

00:20:34.420 Every ally plays a different role.

00:20:36.600 So they're playing zero role, though.

00:20:38.060 No, they're not.

00:20:38.900 They're playing a different role.

00:20:39.980 You need Saudi to be strong because they're investing resources into our country.

00:20:43.980 They're becoming partners in different ways.

00:20:45.820 Everybody plays a different role as a partner.

00:20:47.360 Let me get to the next story.

00:20:48.180 That's fine.

00:20:48.580 Let me get to the next story.

00:20:49.360 Okay, so that's good.

00:20:50.620 By the way, you know, if you agreed with what Adam said, go manect him.

00:20:54.680 Message him and say, Adam, I'm kind of with you on this one here.

00:20:57.100 His QR code should be somewhere out there.

00:20:58.660 Go message Adam.

00:20:59.840 He's, I think, I don't know how much far away from 10,000.

00:21:02.740 We can help him get to 10,000 on manect his phone.

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