Iran’s Tankers DEFY U.S. BLOCKADE… Then Trump ERASES THEIR WHOLE FLEET

Iran's tankers are now being targeted by the US Navy. Look at this.

The Iranian port will be enforced and applies to all vessels regardless of flag. Any vessel with further intent to enter or exit an Iranian port will be subject to write, a visit and search in accordance with international law. If you attempt to run the blockade, we will compel compliance with the force.

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Yeah guys, good morning. I just spoke with President Trump for about 20 minutes and he told me if Iran does not sign this deal The whole country is getting blown up He went on to say that bridges and power plants will be targeted if Iran does not sign this agreement The president telling me that US special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Whitkoff are heading to Islamabad, Pakistan For meetings on Tuesday possibly into Wednesday to try and get this agreement across the finish line.

The president telling Fox News, this is a very simple deal. Yeah. But this is the last chance for the Iranians.

Last chance.

The president is very clear in our conversation that he is not making the same mistake that President Obama made, giving cash to the Iranians and allowing them to continue a nuclear program. Yeah, that didn't work. The deal on the table is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to ensure that the Iranians do not have this highly enriched uranium that is buried deep underground after Operation

Midnight Hammer last summer. Yep. And again, the president telling Fox News that the entire country will be blown up. Bridges and power plants will be targeted if the Iranians do not sign this agreement. This is a significant development. Yeah, because it means the whole country's gonna get hit hard and all they had to do was agree to this same deal last week and pursue a path of peace. Because we are in this less than 72 hour window before the ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires.

And the president has given the Iranians an opportunity for an off ramp, an olive branch. He's extending to the Iranian regime to avoid this region going back into war. Please do. And the president says the United States military is prepared. He said the US has massive amounts of ammunition even better munitions than they had in the opening days of Operation epic fury to use against the Iranian regime to target a variety of

Different positions across their country if they are not willing to make this good faith deal and again He tells Fox News that his special envoys are headed to the Middle East and they are going to try and get this deal across The finish line, but this is in the hands of the Iranians if they are going to try and get this deal across the finish line. I hope it happens. But this is in the hands of the Iranians.

If they are willing to make a good faith agreement and if they are not, the president has indicated there will be significant strikes.

So on the one side, we've got Iran, the country's collapsing, the currency is imploded, they have no military, people are on the streets protesting. And on the other side, we've got Trump saying, hey, if you don't do it, it's lights out.

The Iranian regime in response, if this diplomatic effort does not succeed.

Let's hope it succeeds, man.

Trey, in your conversation with the president.

Stop fighting, guys.

It hasn't been talked much about lately, but there has been focus on Karg Island. Oh yeah, the oil island. Because of its strategic proximity to 90% of the crude oil goes through there. Did the president raise, I know he's talked to you about bridges and power plants, but what about the oil structure?

They bombed that oil island last week. The president talked about the Strait of Hormuz and these violations of the ceasefire that were conducted by the Iranians yesterday. President Trump telling me about how they're using these small vessels to fire on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. But they're just using small ammunition. And despite the fact that they're not doing much damage, it's an indication that they are violating the ceasefire. And there's something else that's very strange about this. The ships they're firing

on are nations that in the past have had friendly relations with Iran. And one of those tankers was Indian, listen.

This is Motoringa San Margar. You gave me clearance to go. My name second on your list. You gave me clearance to go. You are fighting now. Let me turn back.

We shouldn't be surprised. We had the Supreme Leader killed and his son is taken over. But clearly he's got serious injuries and he has not been able to demonstrate that he is really in charge except for some message trafficking that's going out. There's a power struggle. There's a leadership vacuum for sure and it's being filled by the IRGC leadership. Wow. And it's not so surprising. Why? Because they have the guns.

And that's the reality of what is taking place here.

It's a military coup now.

They own the force mechanism inside of Iran. And they're forcing the political people, who are also hardliners just as much as Vahidi is, to conform to his will. And that's the reality of taking place. And what's helping Vahidi and is power grab here is the head of the National Security Council. The foreign minister is sidelined, though he's in the deals.

He's not really relevant other than the fact that he has relationships with our negotiating team,

and he's a useful tool for them. So this might have something to do with why the peace talks have been stalled and why Trump is saying what he's saying. It's now a military dictatorship over there. More than 150 Iranian vessels are currently at the bottom of the sea. During Operation Epic Fury, the United States hammered the Iranian Navy and they had prepared for a possible confrontation with the United States, but not enough because the US was

so successful in these strikes that much of the Navy vessels the Iranians had prepared were not enough because the U.S. was so successful in these strikes that much of the Navy vessels the Iranians had prepared were not able to be used. So why are they still fighting? And that is the reason that they have to use these smaller vessels to threaten international shipping lanes. And again, this speaks to the success of Operation Epic Fury and just the inability of the Iranian

regime to even respond and to violate the ceasefire in this manner. And so that is one of the key pillars of this broader agreement that President Trump is demanding the Iranian regime sign. OK. They are going to keep open the straight and poor moves. They are going to release that highly enriched uranium that is buried deep underground in

the aftermath of those U.S. strikes last summer. And they're going to stop threatening U.S. forces across the region. The president tells me or the Iranians are going to pay a heavy price. And that price is going to come at their power plants, their bridges, and the remaining infrastructure belonging to the Iranian regime. The president said right now there is a divide between the hardliners and the more moderates

within the Iranian political leadership that remains.

Yeah, the hardliners have kicked them all out and said, hey, we don't need you anymore. It sounds like they have a totally different plan for how they wanna run this country over the next couple of days before the ceasefire is over. And this is not gonna end well if they go down this path.

Opening strikes of Operation Epic Fury, the United States and Israel took out the command structure of the iranian regime around supreme leader the atoll of coming i was taken out in an airstrike along with his top advisors the iranians were in disarray in these moments after operation epic fury began because they

were hit even harder than anyone in the

region believed they were going to be yes they were and again this speaks to the inability of the iranians to not only defend their top leaders but also defend their military structure. When we think about the threat Iran posed before Operation Epic Fury began, they were

basically trying to get a nuclear weapon. They told negotiators they had enough highly enriched uranium for 11 nuclear bombs. And that's the part of this that not everybody wants to admit. You've got people that say this war is a disaster, but during the negotiations, the regime came out and they said, we can build 11 nukes, come at us, see what happens.

That's what they said. And this whole operation is to stop them from having nuclear weapons. And this was an indication to President Trump,

something had to be done. It did, yeah. To stop this regime from obtaining a nuclear weapon. But remember, you have this threat from the Iranians that also includes ballistic missiles and drones. And as part of Operation Epic Fury, President Trump ordered strikes against the production facilities of the Iranian regime, hammering their ballistic missile production centers and the drone centers that were used to target U.S. forces and allies across the Middle East.

And now President Trump tells me that bridges and power plants are back on the target list for the United States. And if Iran does not sign this agreement in Islamabad this coming week, the president will order strikes, he tells me, against power plants and bridges inside of Iran. This will be a major escalation. But the president told me...

And he said to them that he didn't want to do it. He said he hoped he never had to do this. And Trump is saying at this point that bombs are going to start going off if the ceasefire expires and there is no deal. So there is like maximum pressure right now on this regime, which looks like it's controlled by a bunch of hardliners.

And people say the president is out of line here when these hardliners are still attacking ships.

He is expected, we also learned in that conversation, to release basically a letter today to the Iranians with this tough talk letting them know what is at risk for their regime if they do not make a good faith agreement. I don't know if they want to listen. The president told me this tough talk is the only thing the Iranians understand. They don't understand the traditional diplomacy and dialogue of the region. They understand firepower, the

firepower that belongs to the United States military. And President Trump again told me they have massive amounts of ammunition prepared. If the Iranians are not willing to make that good faith agreement, they're going to hammer the regime targeting those bridges, power plants, and what is left of the IRGC military infrastructure.

The other thing you got to remember is last week we had a ceasefire on the table so that none of this had to happen. And since then it looks like the wrong people have taken over and are trying to wage war.

This regime.

They're crazy.

You say that there's a faction perhaps a more moderate versus a more radical wing of this regime. We don't know which one is in charge. Maybe you do, maybe you can let us know. But if the more radical wing is in charge, per our discussion earlier, then that means they're crazy. And that means that this letter and this escalation may not have the results that we want

because they don't care. They're just like, fine, let it all go.

Well, the unfortunate thing is if you have a country that is holding on like this and is basically saying, look, we're going all out, the architecture of that country, the power plants, what do they do? Yes, they bring light and electricity to the people of that country. Nobody wants to see them without power, but they also power the war apparatus of this regime

that will not surrender and has been lying and wants to build a nuclear weapon. Same thing with the roads and the bridges. Those help people get from point A to point B, but they also help the regime do the same thing. And if they're not gonna let go,

I don't know what choice the president has. Yes, and I can tell you, having talked to the president multiple times throughout this war and prior to this conflict, the president understands exactly who he's dealing with here. These are not traditional negotiators on the other side of the table. This is not a traditional regime. Even on our call today, President Trump brought up the protesters.

And the president multiple times said he would be there for them. And he targeted, actually, during Operation Epic Fury, many of the besieged force commanders that And many of them are quietly supporting what President Trump is doing, pressuring a repressive regime that spent 47 years cracking down on their own people. But he also understands the negotiators and he understands the break in who's actually calling the shots here.

And it's a great question because even the Iranians are not clear on who is calling the shots. And while you have this divide between the hardliners

and the more moderates, even the Iranians can't agree on their own position. Because it changes they come out and they say you know what we agree to the ceasefire we'll reopen the strait. Then 10 minutes later they tell an oil tanker from India that it can go through and then they attack that oil tanker. There is a power struggle at every level of this government. You have people in this government who agree with the population of this country and don't want this to go on anymore and then you've got other people and these are the people that have the weapons that don't agree with any of that and get an order that says

hey stand down and they say I don't want to do that I didn't sign up to be part of this radical military force to stand down I'm gonna keep going and that's why you have this just utter disarray. But what's not in disarray is the United States ability to dismantle this regime one way or the other. So here we have these straight-up hormuz and you can see this is a massive choke point. And when you look at this choke point you have to understand that for decades Iran's only leverage as far as being able to be this militant aggressor in the Middle East was they could say, look, we will threaten the world economy that wants to bring oil out of this port. We're gonna threaten it. We're gonna shut it down.

That's our threat. But now the tables have been totally turned on them because who's blockading this area? It's the United States. We've shut this area down. Nobody's getting in. Nobody's getting out. And 90% of Iran's oil, which is headed for China, that's not getting out either, and this is causing major problems for that economy. And China's even now saying that they want this to open up. Look at this, six hours ago,

China's saying they want the Strait to reopen, they want this over. And this is crazy because they're the ones that have been major beneficiaries of all of this illegal sanctioned oil. Iran only has one customer for all of their oil.

It's China, they buy 90% of it. Their ability to threaten the world economy doesn't exist. There's oil tankers that were headed here to get oil that are now headed to the United States. The US is outproducing the rest of the world when it comes to oil.

And this doesn't affect us at all. Our economy's got plenty of oil. Yes, the price has changed because oil's priced in dollars globally, but this is not the advantage Iran thought it was for them. It's actually their biggest weakness because we could shut down their entire economy right here.

Video overnight of US forces taking over an Iranian cargo ship after a six-hour standoff. The cargo ship was trying to break past the US's naval blockade. 6 hour standoff! 6 hour standoff! Didn't work! Didn't work! Didn't work! See? That's so crazy.

That's so crazy. That's so crazy. That's so crazy. That's so crazy. this decision to effectively open it on Friday, agreeing with the United States. Tehran now telling shippers they must use new traffic lanes along the Iranian coast. But President Trump told me yesterday on the phone that it was the US who closed the strait because of the blockade.

US officials are gearing up for another round of talks in Pakistan tonight. The Iranians however still no response on this meeting and the state media is suggesting that Iran might not show up.

Well if they show up who's even gonna go? Is it gonna be the people that are in control? Is it gonna be somebody that just lost power? What we don't know is that because we're sitting here on the outside looking in. But you better believe if the vice president is gonna go over there with a bunch of other negotiators again for the second time,

it must be somebody who's got some sort of leverage.

AP reported this morning that the meeting is on and President Trump told me yesterday a deal will be signed tonight. Meanwhile, House Democrats are now discussing plans to force a vote on an Iran War Powers Resolution

every day until one passes.

Or US operations in the region end as the conflict approaches the 60-day mark.

After we all find out that the regime said they could build 11 nuclear weapons, they lied about their nuclear weapons, they lied about the range of their ballistic missiles, and some people think them sticking around is a good idea. I don't get that.

It's like they're fighting for the enemies of America by trying to do this.

February 28th is when it started. Joining me now is California Congressman Ro Khanna. Congressman, good to see you.

Oh, this guy.

Thank you so much for being here.

Let's hear from him.

Good to see you Maria. And I want to get your take on where we are. You introduced a bill to stop US oil exports during a conflict in Iran.

Why do you want to stop US oil exports during this conflict? Right, we're feeding the world and we've got plenty.

Marie, it's common sense. Why would we be sending our oil overseas when Americans are getting fleeced at the pump? When gas has gone from $2.30.

This guy doesn't understand how oil prices work. Oil is priced globally. Oil is not priced

locally. The US was producing, as you know, more oil and gas at a record level, even under Joe Biden. The point is, though, why are we exporting it? And really, the biggest point is why have we gotten into a war that has led to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz? The Strait was perfectly open 60 days ago and you know I talk-

So we have people in positions of power within the American government who don't understand that if oil is not exported all of the countries who are suffering because the Strait is closed will continue suffering. They want to blame Trump for the strait closing but they don't want him to sell oil to countries that are willing to pay for it which is a good thing for our economy. And by the way, look here's a chart from 2023. Back in 2023 we were producing more oil than anybody else. That

was three years ago. Here's another chart. It's even higher now for us and we're beating out Russia and Saudi Arabia and Canada. Look at that. But the problem here is the enemies of America want to blame the

president for something and they are really looking. This war is going on 60 days. It's hurting the economy. It's putting our lives at risk. We've got Khamenei Jr. in charge who is actually more hardline with the IRGC. We have a worse regime.

He's not in charge.

What have we achieved?

He's not in charge.

Are you saying that you do not think it's a good idea to defang Iran from having a nuclear

weapon?

Right. Great question.

He doesn't think they have one. Absolutely, we should do that, but this is not achieving that. We now have Khamenei Jr. Well, how do you expect to do that?

So Congressman, how do you expect to do that? He doesn't think it's a threat. What is your plan? Hold on, hold on. What is your plan to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon?

Yeah, what is their plan? Well this is not doing it. This is putting Iran. They don't have a plan. And these are the same people that get out there and scream at the cameras about how Trump has no plan. But they have no plan. They think this regime should stick around. They don't understand how oil prices work. What do you think about should stick around. They don't understand how oil prices work. What do you think about all this? I'll see you in the next video.