Trump Orders Navy to Shoot Boats Placing Mines in Hormuz Strait

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President Donald Trump ordered the US Navy to shoot any boat putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to step up efforts to clear the critical energy waterway amid a standoff with Iran.
“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump said in a social media post on Thursday. “There is to be no hesitation.”

Trump’s comments come amid an extended ceasefire between the US and Iran that has left the strait largely shuttered. The US is maintaining a blockade on vessels going to and from Iranian ports, while Tehran is choking off the flow of international traffic.

On this edition, Joe and Kailey speak with:

Former Deputy Commander of U.S. Central Command Vice Admiral Robert Harward (ret.)
Republican Main Street Partnership President and CEO Sarah Chamberlain & Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff under President Barack Obama Jim Messina
Bloomberg Economics Chief Geoeconomics Analyst Jennifer Welch
Democratic Senator from Illinois Tammy Duckworth

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