GRAVE warning issued to Iran allies amid NEW phase in US war

>> Ashley: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. IS EXPECTED TO ROLLOUT WHAT. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT CALLS. TOUGHEST SANCTIONS IN HISTORY. AGAINST IRAN. >> Todd: TREY YINGST HAS. DETAILS. >> Trey: RELEASING SANCTIONS. AGAINST IRAN TO PUT PRESSURE ON.

SCOTT BESSENT WROTE ON SUNDAY, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND. OVERWHELMING MIGHT OF MILITARY. DISMANTLED IRAN'S NUCLEAR. PROGRAM AND NOW ARE ENTERING THE. ECONOMIC D-DAY SINGLE GREATEST. FINANCIAL OFFENSIVE LEVIED. AGAINST ANY ADVERSARY. HISTORIC LOW FOR THE COUNTRY'S. CURRENCY. HEAD OF IRAN RESPONDED ON.

X SAYING IF ECONOMIC WAR. CONTINUES NOT A SINGLE DROP OF. OIL WILL BE EXPORTED THROUGH. STRAIT OF HORMUZ OR ANYWHERE IN. THE PERSIAN GULF. ANY COUNTRY SUPPORTING AMERICA'S. ECONOMIC WAR AS AN ACT OF WAR. DESPITE THIS STATEMENT, REPORTS. INDICATE CROSSINGS THROUGH THE. STRAIT ARE UP 400%. THERE IS A SAFER SOUTHERN. PASSAGE THAT ALLOW FOR CRUDE OIL.

TO BE EXPORTED EACH DAY. STILL THE IRANIANS REMAIN. DEFIANT. >> THE FACT THE UNITED STATES. MOVED FROM MILITARY THREATS TO. REVIVING OLD PLAN SHOWS THEY ARE. DESPERATE AND HAVE NO SOLUTION. WHEN IT COMES TO THE GREAT. IRANIAN NATION. THEY ARE BRINGING OLD PLANS BACK. TO THE SCENE. >> Trey: U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE. REMAIN IN POSITION.

THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS BEING. RETURNED HOME. THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS BEING. REPLACED BY THE USS GEORGE. WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLED DOWN. THAT THE STRAIT IS NOW U.S. TERRITORY. >> President Trump: THEY WILL. NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THEY NEED TO MAKE A DEAL SO. BADLY. I VIEW THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS.

AN AMERICAN TERRITORY RIGHT NOW. >> Trey: WILL NEW ECONOMOMIC. PRESSURE LEAD TO A DEAL OR. RETURN TO COMBAT? >> Todd: TREY, WE'VE HAD. SANCTIONS ON IRAN FOR DECADES. AND BEEN AT WAR FOR MONTHS WITH. INCREASED SANCTIONS. IRAN IS TEETERING ON COLLAPSE AS. IT IS. HOW THESE NEW SANCTIONS BE DOETH.

BLOW TO THE IRANIAN ECONOMY AND. FORCE THIS REGIME OUT? >> Trey: THERE IS COMPOUNDING. FACTOR HERE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT. WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY U.S. TREASURY. THE REAL IS MOST SIGNIFICANT, HISTORIC LOW MORE THAN 2 MILLION. REAL TO ONE U.S. DOLLAR. COUPLED WITH U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE. AND ADDITIONAL SANCTION NEW. PRESSURE ON REGIME IN TEHRAN.

THIS QUESTION ABOUT WHO CAN MAKE. THE DECISION INSIDE OF IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT. THIS BEING ONE OF THE BIGGEST. PROBLEMS OF UNITED STATES, IF. NEW PRESSURE IS, THEY HAVE TO. ENFORCE IT. >> Ashley: WE WILL BRING IN U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO, MATT. WHITAKER. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SANCTIONS. WILL BE ANNOUNCED TODAY.

WHY WASN'T THIS DONE SOONER? >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD TO BE WITH. YOU. ASHLEY, REAL REASON IS THAT. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ESCALATION. THAT YOU WOULD GO THROUGH, YOU. DON'T MAXIMIZE EVERYTHING YOU. BRING TO A CONFLICT LIKE THIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS KEPT CLEAR. GOAL OF GETTING A DEAL DONE THAT. GUARANTEES FOREVER THAT IRAN. DOES NOT POSSESS NUCLEAR. WEAPONS. AND THAT IS GOING TO ALWAYS BE.

THE NUMBER ONE GOAL. INCREMENTALLY INCREASING. PRESSURE ON IRAN AND THE REGIME. WILL ACCOMPLISH THAT. WE HAVE MILITARILY THERE HAVE. BEEN DECIMATED AND HAVE NO. MEANINGFUL MILITARY THAT CAN. DEFEND OR PROTECT THE IRANIAN. PEOPLE AND THEIR NAVY IS ON THE. BOTTOM OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THESE SANCTIONS THAT WILL BE. ANNOUNCED TODAY, I WILL NOT GET.

AHEAD OF SECRETARY BESSENT, I. THINK THEY WILL BE DRAMATIC AND. MEANINGFUL, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THEIR CURRENENCY IS AS WEAK AS. HAS EVER BEEN AND INFLATION IS. SKYROCKETING, COMBINED WITH. NAVAL BLOCKADE TOGETHER WITH US. OPENING A LANE IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ TO MOVE OIL IN AND OUT. AND SHIPS BACK IN TO GETS MORE. OIL. SOME DAYS, THIS IS IMPORTANT, WE. ARE MOVING MORE OIL NOW THAN WE.

DID PRECONFLICT BECAUSE OF THE. PIPELINE OWNED UP AND ALL THAT. IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS IS WE ARE ENTERING AN. IN-PHASE, SCOTT BESSENT'S. ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS CRITICAL. AND IMPORTANT. >> Todd: AND HE'S PUTTING OTHER. NATIONS. THE ALTERNATIVE FOR. THOSE IS FORECLOSURE OF ANY PATH. TO LASTING PROSPERITY AND ANY.

NATION THAT SERVE AS FINANCIAL. ARTERY OF WHITHERRING REGIME. SHOULD SHARE IN THEIR ISOLATION. WE ARE GOING AFTER IRAN, IF YOU. SIDE WITH IRAN, WE'LL GO AFTER. YOU, TOO, THAT IS HORRIBLE FOR. YOUR FUTURE. WHICH COUNTRIES IS SCOTT BESSENT. THREATENING THERE? >> WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL. COUNTRIES THAT STILL CONTINUE TO. TRADE WITH IRAN. AND IT IS NO SECRETS AND BEEN. PUBLICLY TALKED ABOUT THAT CHINA.

STILL BUYS OIL FROM IRAN. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS ABLE TO. GET OUT OF THE STRAIT. COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA, ACCEPT. SHADOW FLEET OIL FROM OTHER. COUNTRIES INCLUDING IRAN. THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT. CONFLICT IS WITH IRAN THAT WE DO. NOT SEEK CONFLICT, OR TO EXPAND. CONFLICT. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO JOIN UNITED.

STATES IN DENUCLEARIZATION OF. IRAN. CAN YOU IMAGINE, IF THEY. POSSESSED A NUCLEAR WEAPON HOW. THREATENING THAT WOULD BE TO THE. REGION AND AS THEY DEVELOP MORE. SOPHISTICATED MISSILE. TECHNOLOGY, THAT COULD THREATEN. EUROPE AND CONTINENTAL UNITED. STATES. THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN. ACTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TAKEN.

DECISIVE ACTION. >> Ashley: AND AS WE HEARD TREY. SAY, ONE MAIN ISSUE IF NOT, IT. IS A HUGE ISSUE DEALING WITH. IRAN, WHO IS MAKING THESE. DECISIONS AND WHO IS AGREEING ON. THIS? WE'LL SAY ONE THING AND HEAR. THEM SAY SOMETHING COMPLETELY. DIFFERENT, THAT IS SOMETHING. HIGH ON THE RADAR FOR THE. ADMINISTRATION. BUT DO YOU THINK THEY CAN. ACTUALLY COME TO SOME SORT OF. AGREEMENT? IF NOT ALL THIS PRESSURE ON. THEM, DO YOU THINK THERE ACCOUNT.

BE AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH THEM? >> I THINK THERE IS ALWAYS A. CHANCE FOR A DEAL TO BE MADE. WE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO THAT. POSSIBILITY. BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE, KNOWING EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE. MAKING A DEAL WITH AND CAN THEY. FOLLOW THROUGH. THE BLUSTER THAT WE'RE HEARING. FROM THE IRANIANS IS FROM. DESPERATION. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN A. STRONG POSITION.

IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO COME TO. THE TABLE, ENTER INTO THE DEAL, NO NUCLEAR WEAPON, BECOME A. PEACEFUL STATE THAT IS PART OF. THE WORLD COMMUNITY AND THAT IS. ALWAYS OPEN TO THEM. WE DO NOT HAVE TOLERANCE FOR. NUCLEAR AMBITIOUS IRAN AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE THAT. CLEAR. >> Todd: THIS IS PRETTY GOOD. NEWS AND WEEKEND OF NEWS FOR. ADMINISTRATION WITH REGARD TO. THE WAR IN IRAN WITH MIDTERMS.

LESS THAN 2-.