CYCLE OF STRIKES AND STATEMENTS: US military remains in Middle East amid Iran standoff

O. THE WHITE HOUSE AT ANY POINT. MOLLY: ALAN SILVA AND THANK YOU. VERY MUCH READ MORE ON THIS IRAN. SENDING MIXED MESSAGES PRESIDENT. TRUMP TO APPEAR TO UNLEASH. ECONOMIC DJ ON TO RUN THE. COUNTRY'S NEW SECURITY CHIEF IS. ISSUING A VERY STERN WARNING AS. WASHINGTON RAMPS UP ECONOMIC. PRESSURE WHILE MORE SHIPS ARE. BEGINNING TO MOVE THROUGH THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ A LOT TO FOLLOW. THEIR TREY YINGST HAS MORE FROM. TEL AVIV.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. CROSSINGS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ ARE UP FOUR 100% OVER THE. PAST TWO WEEKS. THIS COMES AS THE UNITED STATES. IS OVERSEEING VESSELS OUT OF THE. PERSIAN GULF THE SEYFERT. SOUTHERN PASSAGE A PASSAGE OF. LAWS ARE MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF. CRUDE OIL TO BE EXPORTED EACH. DAY FOR THE BACKDROP THERE'S AN. ONGOING U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE ON. FRESH OR SANCTIONS ARE EFFECTIVE. FOR I RUN NEXT WEEK. PRESIDENT TRUMP DECIDE TO TAKE. FURTHER ACTION, OUR RESPONSE,

OUR RETALIATIONS WILL BE. SEISMIC. FIRST WE WILL TELL ALL. NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND. COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD NOT. TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES AND. ITS ECONOMIC OR PRINT ANY. COUNTRY THAT TAKES PART IN. IMPOSING ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS. ON THIS WILL BE REGARDED AS AN. ENEMY. OF COURSE WE WILL NEGOTIATE THEM. WILL HOLD TALKS AND TELL THEM TO. STEP ASIDE AND DISTANCE DISTANCD. THEMSELVES FROM THE UNITED. STATES. THEY DO NOT ACT WE WILL STRIKE. THE ADMINISTRATOR'S POSTED TO X. OVER THE WEEK AND SAID WE HAVE. RECEIVED NUMEROUS MESSAGES FROM.

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ABOUT. SHAPING NEW SUGARY ARRANGEMENTS. AT ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE. REGION. BUT SUCH RISK THROUGH BULLYING. IMPURE DISREGARD FOR THE FOREIGN. INTEREST FOR THE SAKE OF ISRAEL. WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP INDICATED. TALKS WITH IRAN HAVE STOPPED, HE. SAYS THE UNITED STATES IS HAVING. TROUBLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO DEAL. WITH THE INSIDE OF IRAN. >> IN FACT IT'S ONE OF MY. BIGGEST PROBLEMS. I DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL TO. DEAL WITH.

THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. BUT NOBODY WANTS TO BE. PRESIDENT. [LAUGHTER]. THEY SAY WHO WANT TO BE. PRESIDENT? NO, NO I DON'T TO BE PRESIDENT. DOES A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM. THE MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE. MIDDLE EAST ARE EXPECTED TO. REMAIN. U.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS HEADED. HOME AFTER BEEN DEPLOYED FOR. CHILDREN 74 DAYS. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ADMITTED. LAST PORT CALL IN DECEMBER. BREAKING A NAVY RECORD FOR THE. VESSELS BEEN REPLACED BY THE. JAPAN-BASED USS GEORGE.

WASHINGTON. RIGHT NOW THE REGION STUCK IN A. CYCLE OF STRIKES AND STATEMENTS. WITH NO END IN SIGHT. AS FOR THE IRANIAN ECONOMY. REACHED 2 MILLION TO ONE U.