Dealing with Iran is like dealing with a ‘WILD PACK OF HOWLER MONKEYS’: Sen Kennedy

>> Will: WELCOME BACK. OIL IS MOVING IN THROUGH THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. GOLDMAN SACHS SAYS THEY HAVE NOW. RECOVERED 2/3 OF THEIR PRE-WAR. LEVELS. SO HOW IS THAT HAPPENING? THE U.S. NAVY,Y, CENTCOM SHOWIN. JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THE AMERICAN. BLOCKADE HAS BEEN.

>> OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. U.S. HAS ASSISTED IN NEARLY. 1,500 COMMERCIAL VESSELS IN. TRANSITING THE STRAIT BY. PROVIDING COORDINATED. PROTECTION. THOSE SHIPS WERE CARRYING NEARLY. 750 MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. DESTINED FOR GLOBAL ENERGY. MARKETS WHICH IS A MASSIVE. VOLUME. IRAN HAS EXPORTED ZERO OIL FROM. ITS SHORES SINCE WE RESUMED THE. NAVAL BLOCKADE IN MID-JULY. NO SHIPS HAVE ENTERED OR LEFT AN. IRANIAN PORT WITHOUT OUR. PERMISSION. >> Will: LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.

TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT. SAYS OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS THE. UNITED STATES HAS GUIDED 130. MILLIONS OF OIL THROUGH. IRAN, ZERO. JOINING ME NOW LOUISIANA SENATOR. AND MEMBER OF THE SENATE. APPROPRIATIONSNS COMMITTEE JOHN. KENNEDY. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE. PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNTS AS. VICTORY BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY A. MARKER, A MARKER ON WAY TO. VICTORY. 2/3 OF OIL EXPORTS THROUGH THE.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ BACK TO THAT. LEVEL, WHILE IRAN REMAINS AT. ZERO? THAT'S GOOD. >> WELL, I THINK IT IS GOOD. AND I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE. DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. THE SANCTIONS, THE BLOCKADE. FOR A WHILE. OF COURSE, EVERYONE HAS AN EYE. ON THE PRICE OF OIL. BUT IT'S ABOUT $88 TODAY. $88 AND CHANGE. I'M NOT MINIMIZING THE RISE IN. THE PRICE OF GASOLINE.

NOBODY WANTS THAT. BUT ON EXPORTED OIL, NOT IRANIAN. EXPORTED OIL, THE OIL IS GETTING. THROUGH. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AND THEY. WON'T TELL US, BUT I THINK YOU. ALSO HAVE TO KEEP PERSPECTIVE. NUMBER ONE, SOME PEOPLE SAY, MAKE A DEAL. DEALING WITH THE IRANIAN. GOVERNMENT IS LIKE DEALING, IT'S. LIKE DEALING WITH A WILD PACK OF. MONKEYS. THEY ARE CRAZY.

YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T TAKE. THEIR WORD. I WOULDN'T TAKE THEIR WORD FOR. THE SAME REASON THAT I DON'T. DRINK WATER OUT OF A TOILET. YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM. NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. MOST OF WHY WE WENT INTO IRAN. WE HAVE DEGRADED THEIR MILITARY. WE'VE DEGRADED THEIR ECONOMYMY. I MEAN, WE'VE TORN THEM INTO AN. ASHTRAY. IT WILL TAKE THEM 20 YEARS TO.

CLIMB OUT OF THE HOLE. THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, WILL, IS. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, AND SOME. OIL IS GETTING THROUGH BUT NOT. ENOUGH. AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR. THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I DON'T. THINK ANYBODY DOES. THAT'S UP TO THE IRANIANS. IT WOULD BE AN OPTION, I'M NOT. SAYING I WOULD DO IT, BUT IT. WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN OPTION AT. SOME POINT, NOW THAT WE'VE. ACCOMPLISHED MOST OF OUR GOALS, FOR US TO COME HOME. NOW, SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY THE.

PRESIDENT'S CRITICS WILL SAY, BUT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS. CLOSED. WELL, TRUMP DIDN'T CLOSE IT. IRAN CLOSED IT. AND IF I'M CHINA, OR JAPAN, OR. SOUTH KOREA OR EUROPE OR CANADA, AND I DEPEND ON THE STRAIT FOR. MY OIL, AT THAT POINT, THEY. WOULD HAVE TO HELP. THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. NOW, THE EVEN FURTHER EXTREME, IF YOU WILL, AND I'M SURE THESE. ARE ALL OPTIONS THAT ARE BEING. CONSIDERED. SOME SAY SEND IN TROOPS.

I WOULDN'T SEND IN TROOPS. I WOULD CONSIDER ARMING THE. KURDS AND TELLING THE KURDS THAT. THEY CAN KEEP AS THEIR OWN ANY. OF THE COUNTRY THAT THEY WIN. OVER OR OCCUPY IN IRAN. THAT WOULD BE A DRAMATIC STEP, AND I'M NOT RECOMMENDING IT, BUT. CERTAINLY IT'S SOMETHING OUR. MILITARY IS CONSIDERING. THE KURDS ARE THE LARGEST. CULTURE IN THE WORLD THAT DON'T.

HAVE THEIR OWN COUNTRY. >> Will: I, FOR ONE, HAVE. SKSHGSD HOW DOES THIS END AND. HOW DO WE GET TO THE END AND IS. THE COST WORTH THE BENEFIT. THESE ARE STEPS TO SUGGEST WE'RE. ON THE RIGHT BACK. WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT THIS. DOES TO THE IRANIAN ECONOMY. WE DON'T HAVE FOREVER BUT WE. HAVE SOME TIME TO SEE HOW THIS. PLAYS OUT. THEY A ARE BLEEDING. I WONDER HOW LONG IT TAKES TO. STOP THEIR BLEEDING. BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU NEGOTIATED. WITH A PACK OF MONKEYS?

I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT WOULD. BE. >> IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH ONE. TO TALK TO. THEY ARE ALL HOWLING. >> Will: I CAN SEE THE PERFECT. ANALOGY TO IRAN. THEY SAY REAL CHANGES ARE. COMING, SENATOR. WATCH. >> REAL CHANGE DOES NOT COME. FROM THE TOP ON DOWN. IT COMES FROM THE BOTTOM ON UP. >> BUT THERE IS A TIDE RISING IN. THIS COUNTRY, BROTHERS AND.

SISTERS. THEY CAN PUT ON STAINLESS IN OUR. PATH BUT THEY CANNOT TURN US. BACK AROUND. AND THIS NOVEMBER, THE FIRST OF. MANY TIDES, IS COMING. >> Will: THAT'S SOME SERIOUS. TALK, SENATOR, REAL CHANGE IS. COMING. SERIOUS TIMES. >> WELL, THE ISSUE IS WHAT KIND. OF CHANGE. HERE IS THE DEMOCRATIC LINEN'S.

VERSION OF CHANGE. OPEN THE PRISONS. OPEN THE BORDER. LET ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS VOTE. DEFUND THE POLICE. DEFUND I.C.E. MAKE ALL HOUSING PUBLIC. NO MORE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF. HOUSING. THAT'S PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC. SOCIALIST AGENDA. THEY THINK THE PROBLEMS IN. AMERICA ARE CAUSED BY PRIVATE.

OWNERSHIP AND PROFITS. THEY ARE SOCIALISTS. AND THEY PRETTY IT UP. CHANGE IS COMING, WE CAN HAVE A. BETTER LIFE. YOU CAN PUT -- YOU CAN PUT. PERFUME ON A BIG BUT IT STILL. STINKS, AND IF PEOPLE WILL STOP. AND THINK, AND MANY WILL AND. EVENTUALLY WILL COME TO THE SAME. CONCLUSION, ALL OF THIS IS. SOMETHING OUT OF WAYNE'S WORLD. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM, IT'S, IN.

ONE SENSE, IT'S AN OXYMORON, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM. BUT IN ANOTHER SENSE IT'S S JUSA. REGULAR MORON. AND THE NATURE OF WHORES ARE. MORONS. EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THAT'S TRIED SOCIALISM HAS. REJECTED IT. I THINK -- I TRUST THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE. THEY WILL FIGURE IT OUT. NOW, FROM A SELFISH POINT OF. VIEW THIS STUFF IS GOOD FOR MY.

PARTY'S POLITICS. THAT'S WHY I THINK WE -- WE NEED. TO STEADFASTLY CLING TO OUR. SECRET PLANS, CALLED OPERATION. LET THEM SPEAK. BUT ALL THIS STUFF IS BAD FOR. THE COUNTRY. AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING A. PUBLIC DEBATE OVER ALL OF IT. >> Will: MY FAVORITE THING IS. THAT IT'S A ROLLER COASTER BUT. DIFFERENT THAN A ROLLER COASTER. WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE UPS AND. DOWNS. I NEVER KNOW WHICH DIP WE'RE. ABOUT TO TAKE. I DIDN'T SEE THE REGULAR MORON.

THING COMING. I KNOW SOMETHING IS COMING JUST. LIKE ON A ROLLER COASTER. THE RIDE IS GOING TO HAVE A. DROP. I JUST C.