An Iranian drone strike strikes oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, halts the flow of oil through the Strait, causing world oil prices to spike 60% in a matter of days. Iran and the United States are locked in a tit-for-tat war over oil exports.
00:05:00.280And by getting the Navy, this is the one area that we have a defense expert that we spoke to this morning.
00:05:07.020They have fast boats with specialized missiles that are on the back that defend this island because it's pretty close to Iran's coast.
00:05:15.340So it is well defended, and it's up all the way up at the top of the Persian Gulf.
00:05:21.440So the price of oil and all this, this is getting a little hairy, Pat.
00:05:25.560I don't think this is going to affect America that much. And I'll tell you why. We don't get our oil from this region. I don't think this is where a region that we care all too much about from an American standpoint. Obviously, I think we're more in the Don Roe doctrine. I think Panama is a bigger deal. I think Greenland is a bigger deal. Look, there's always going to be flashpoints that come up.
00:05:46.340tom brings up a good point with china i did some research on where china gets their oil and you
00:05:52.060think oh china and iran they're in cahoots together i don't think china cares that much
00:05:57.440about iran to be honest with you and i'll tell you why do you know the number of barrels of oil that
00:06:04.180china gets from iran you think oh my god iran's selling all their oil to china but that's not
00:06:09.480where china is getting their oil from they're actually number eight on the total list i don't
00:06:14.540know if you knew that so china gets most of their oil from saudi after saudi to get their most oil
00:06:20.000from russia then iraq then angola of all places then the uae then malaysia and then boom boom boom
00:06:27.540down on the list is iran so china and iran don't have that tight of a relationship i think the real
00:06:33.620relationship we got to look at is iran and russia now there's stories that russia is sort of helping
00:06:39.420iran spy and obviously there's a drone situation there but china for the most part i know we're
00:06:45.160talking about straight of hormuz i i think they're just my point is this i think they're gonna be
00:06:49.200like hey ron listen guy you're screwing up all our other business with saudi with iraq with the uae
00:06:57.380if you want us to help you at all you open up the straight of hormuz okay guy ni hao and then hangs
00:07:03.460up i don't think they're that close with iran my opinion you agree well 10 what happens if we woke
00:07:09.960up this morning and the s&p and the dow dropped 10 that's huge 10 to 12 of their oil and they
00:07:18.160can't get it through the straight china right now i mean it's it's not you just pick up the phone
00:07:23.400and say oh i i can't get uh okay well you know that restaurant closed i'll just call doordash
00:07:29.600get the other one down the street it's not that simple so let's have let's have the conversation
00:07:33.940i'm china you're iran ready hey buddy uh you messing up my straighter homos bigger time
00:07:42.120open it up what do you say that conversation i think is happening but china doesn't worry about
00:07:47.360it they're just going to get oil from somewhere else no but you're but you're iran we're playing
00:07:51.880a role play i'm china i'm upset you closed this trade-off her moves you're iran open it up right
00:07:56.320now buddy what do you say i'm busy tell the u.s to stop bombing me well you're gonna be way busier
00:08:02.780big trade you're gonna be way busier if you don't if you don't want our help hey hey big brother
00:08:07.620you're doing big trade with the u.s i need them to knock it off i need them to back out of this
00:08:12.800and i'm not going to give them an unconditional surrender i'm busy so you think that iran's going
00:08:17.760to talk tough to china that's basically that's fact fact as you probably notice i'm getting
00:08:24.020bombed on four sides and my navy's been