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US PRESSURES Iran as naval blockade continues: ‘ABSOLUTE STRANGLEHOLD’ 95%
5/10/2026, 12:30:08 AM
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For more on the Iran conflict and its disruption of the world's oil supply,
let's bring in Senator John Hovind. He represents the oil rich state of North Dakota.
He also sits on the Senate Defense Appropriations and Energy Committees.
How do you assess things in the Persian Gulf right now?
The the blockade uh seems to be uh pretty solid, but so does the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump and our incredible military continue uh to have uh an absolute strangle hold uh on Iran.
as you can see, they our military just gets better and better with this naval blockade.
You were just talking about it.
And so we need to do that.
We need to keep the pressure on Iran until we achieve the objectives that we laid out upfront.
ending their ability to have a nuclear weapon. Uh constraining their ability to have uh interbolistic missiles and uh this drone capability and and really constrain their ability
to continue to be the number one state sponsor of terror not only in the region but in the world and of course navigation, freedom of navigation in the straight of Hormuz.
>> I want you to listen to something from Congressman Joe Morurell.
He's a Democrat from New York.
uh here is this is how he assesses the situation there in that part of the world. Listen,
>> the president has managed to disrupt the flow of oil around the world.
There's a crude price that is a global price. This is a global market. So for all of his
talk about increasing uh supply in the United States, it doesn't really have as much of an impact on the world's oil supply as he would like.
But he's disrupted all that with a war.
We'll get into oil supplies and particularly North Dakota in just a minute.
Um, but he's blaming the shutdown of the straight of Hormuz on the president.
Is that the president's fault or is it the Iranians?
It's the Iranians obviously and I think you'd have to ask that gentleman.
Does he feel that Iran should have a nuclear weapon?
Is he good with Iran having a nuclear weapon that they can deliver with an intercontinental ballistic missile?
I'd like him to answer that question further. I'd also like him to answer the question that President Trump has enabled us to grow our oil resources in in the United States of America to 14 million barrels a day, which is more than we consume.
So, we are not only meeting our needs, we're helping supply the world with oil and natural gas, a lot more energy, thanks to his policies.
And those are the things that make the United States stronger and help our allies and make our adversaries like Iran weaker.
>> But the Iranians, you know, can look at uh public sentiment in this country, figure maybe if they can just hold on until the November elections, Democrats will take control of the House at least and maybe they can get, you know, some better treatment from the United States government.
How do you see it?
>> Well, John, that's exactly right. And that's why it's so important that you bring that issue up and that we talk about it.
Look, in the short term, yes, oil prices are higher.
But because of what we are doing now, because the United States is stepping up, and by the way, NATO should be right there with us, and they need to be right there with us.
But because of what the United States is doing, this is about making sure that
Iran does not have a nuclear weapon that they can deliver.
This is about trying to curtail their horrific terrorist uh activities not just in the Gulf uh but around the world and ultimately
energy is going to be more available and at a lower price.
That's the real benefit here.
And people, I do understand that, but we've got to keep talking about that so we don't get caught in this shortterm compromise that could be a real long-term problem with Iran blockaded and with their their ability to store the oil that they're pumping out of the ground.
That ability is running very short on time.
They're going to have to start shutting down their wells soon if they haven't done so already.
Do you think this is going to reach a turning point? This situation,
>> the only way to deal with Iran is with maximum pressure and strength.
They only respect strength and force.
And the only way we're going to get the terms that we need to have both upfront and then on a verifiable basis is to keep the pressure on to keep the blockade in place to make sure that we have what we need up front along with the ability to verify it.
Again, peace through strength. The uh
federal government, you you talked about energy supplies.
Your state uh through the Bakan um deposit is is a huge oil producer.
You're looking to get more oil out of the ground there through this enhanced uh energy recovery program.
How does that work?
>> Right on. We produce 1.1 million barrels
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