'ECONOMIC ASPHYXIATION': US targets Iranian 'shadow fleet' with new operation

. DONNA ROTUNNO, THANK YOU. >> Ashley: TO THE MIDDLE EAST, TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS. PREPARING TO UNVEIL WHAT THEY. ARE CALLING ECONOMIC. ASPHYXIATION OF THE IRANIAN. REGIME THROUGH NEW WAVE OF. SECONDARY SANCTIONS. >> Todd: TREY YINGST JOINS US. LIVE FROM TEL AVIV WITH THE DEIL. TAS. TREY. >> Trey: HI, GUYS, GOOD MORNING. SCOTT BESSENT ANNOUNCED. OPERATION ECONOMIC OUTCAST, U.S. EFFORT TO ISOLATE THE IRANIAN.

REGIME. >> THE ACTIONS OF TREASURY AND. OTHER AGENCIES WILL TIGHTEN THE. NOOSE AND BLOCK EVERY SOURCE OF. REVENUE THAT FUNDS THE IRGC AND. EVIL IRANIAN REGIME AND LET ME. BE CLEAR ANY ENTITY THAT. FACILITATE MONEY LAUNDER OG. BEHALF OF IRAN WILL BE REMOVED. FROM THE U.S. DOLLAR SYSTEM. THE CLOCK JUST STARTED TICKING. >> Trey: NEW SANCTIONS INCLUDE.

LIST OF SECONDARY SANCTION. TARGETING DIGITAL, GOLD, AVIATION AND SHIPPING. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. SANCTIONED 60 ENTITIES AND. VESDZELS IN MULTIPLE. JURISDICTIONS GOING AFTER. NETWORK OF SHADOW FLEET VESSELS. OPERATING ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT. COUNTRY SAYS. IRANIAN OFFICIALS THREATENED. RETALIATION WITH THE SPOKE SAYS. SPOKESPERSON SAYING THIS. >> ANY COMPLICITY WITH THE.

UNITED STATES WILL HAVE. CONSEQUENCES. EVEN NOW THE NAVAL BLOCKADE OF. IRAN AMOUNT TO AN ACT OF. AGGRESSION. ANY EFKULATION OF THIS SITUATION. WILL BRING ABOUT CONSEQUENCES OF. ITS OWN. >> Trey: THIS MORNING ANOTHER. TANKER WAS STRUCK IN STRAIT WITH. UNKNOWN PROJECTILE WHILE. TRANSITING THE U.S. APPROVED. ROUTE. THE VESSEL WAS DISABLED. PETE HEGSETH WARNED IRAN AGAINST.

TAKING FURTHER ACTION. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE. DECISION BY THE UNITED STATES TO. REMOVE SYRIA FROM A STATE. SPONSORED LSZ OF TERRORISM. GUYS. >> Ashley: TREY YINGST, THANK. YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN. FORMER NSC CHIEF OF STAFF UNDER. PRESIDENT TRUMP, ALEX GRAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON TO TALK. ABOUT THIS. WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION PLAN IS.

TO BRING IRAN TO ITS KNEES. ECONOMICALLY, AS WELL AS. THREATENING MILITARY STRIKE. SAYS. IS THIS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO. GET TEHRAN TO LAY DOWN AND SAY. OKAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH? >> I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY GOING. TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF. FINALLY FORCING THE IRANIAN. REGIME TO RECOGNIZE REALITY. REALITY IS THEY HAVE LIMITED. CARDS TO PLAY, THEY HAVE PUSHED. THEIR PEOPLE TO BRINK OF. COLLAPSE AND NOT MUCH MORE THEY. CAN DO TO COUNTER THE UNITED.

STATES. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. UNDERSTOOD HERE AND HE HAS. SOPHISTICATED UNDERSTANDING OF. HISTORY, THE UNITED STATES WINS. WAR SAYS WHEN WE USE BATTLEFIELD. CAPABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROWESS, WE DID IT IN THE CIVIL WAR, IN. WORLD WAR II AND IN THE COLD WAR. AND WE'LL USE MARKET POWER. THE FACT EVERYONE WANTS ACCESS. TO U.S. BANKS, U.S. CURRENCY AND. COMMODITY IMPORTS AND THAT IS.

ULTIMATE TOOL WE HAVE TO COMPEL. IRAN TO FINALLY RECOGNIZE THE. REALITY OF THEIR SITUATION. >> Ashley: RIGHT. I KEEP BRINGING THIS UP, I THINK. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING. UP, YOU HAVE THE COMPLETE OTHER. ISSUE OF WHO IN THE WORLD IS. EVEN IN CHARGE IN TEHRAN AND WHO. IS MAKING DECISIONS? I'VE SAID THIS COUNTLESS TIMES, THAT IS AN ISSUE PEOPLE ARE. HONING IN ON. MY QUESTION IS HOW COULD THIS.

AFFECT THE WORLD ECONOMY? WE HAVE TO END THIS WAR, THIS. HAS TO STOP, IT HAS TO STOP. IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT THE. UNITED STATES IN ANY WAY, SHAPE. OR FORM? >> I AGREE AND I THINK THE. PRESIDENT WANTS TO BRING THIS. WAR TO CONCLUSION, HE'S. ACCOMPLISHED MOST OBJECTIVES AND. USING OVERWHELMING ECONOMIC. POWER IS GREAT WAY AND SOUND WAY. TO BRING IT TO CONCLUSION. THE WAY THIS WILL PLAY OUT FROM. ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON.

AMERICANS AND ON THE UNITED. STATES REALLY HAS TO DO WITH HOW. OUR TRADING PARTNERS AND HOW. COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA AND INDIA. AND OTHERS REACT AND WE'VE HEARD. SPECULATION, THE CHINESE FOLLOW. THROUGH ON THIS, WILL THEY. LISTEN TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND. SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT ARE. SAYING? CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT. STAND UP AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO. COMPLY WITH THIS. BUT INDIVIDUAL CHINESE COMPANIES. WILL MAKE A CLEAR DECISION, THEY. WILL DECIDE DO YOU WAUB WANT TO.

BE WITH THE IRANIANS, COLLAPSING. REGIME OR MAINTAIN ACCESS TO. UNITED STATES MARKET, TO THE. DOLLAR, TO THE U.S. FINANCIAL. SYSTEM? BESIDE ALL THE RHETORIC AND. POSTURING, COMPANIES ALL OVER. THE WORLD, INCLUDING CHINESE ONE. SAYS, WILL MAKE A CLEAR DECISION. HERE. >> Ashley: CHINA MIGHT BE.