Iran CHALLENGES Trump on Strait of Hormuz

-. JONATHAN HUNT JOINS US LIVE FROM. TEL-AVIV. GOOD MORNING, JONATHAN. >> Reporter: GOOD GOOD MORNING. TO YOU, CHARLIE. TO MY EYES AND EARS, WHEN THE. PRESIDENT SAID DURING THAT. SPEECH YESTERDAY THAT HE WOULD. SHORTLY DECLARE THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ A U.S. TERRITORY, HE HAD. A HINT OF SARCASM AND A SLIGHT. SMILE. I THINK IT'S FAIRLY SAFE TO SAY. HE WAS TALKING FIGURATIVELY. RATHER THAN LITERALLY, MEANING. THAT THE U.S. WOULD MAINTAIN. CONTROL OVER THE TRAIT THROUGH. THE NAVAL BLOCKADE -- THE STRAIE.

MILITARY ASSETS IT HAS THERE. IN THAT SAME SPEECH, THE. PRESIDENT ALSO ADDRESSED THE. ECONOMIC PAIN THAT MANY. AMERICANS ARE FEELING AS A. RESULT OF THIS THIS WAR, AND HE. PROMISED IT WILL BE WORTH IT. LISTEN HERE. >> FOR YOU TO PAY A TINY, LITTLE. BIT MORE FOR YOUR GASOLINE. JUST REMEMBER, YOU'RE DOING IT. SO THAT A VERY EVIL COUNTRY NOT. HAVE -- A COUNTRY, REALLY IT'S. THE NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF. TERROR IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE NO LEADERSHIP. THEIR LEADERSHIP IS GONE, THEIR.

FIRST TIER IS GONE, THEIR SECOND. TIER IS GONE, THAT'S ONE OF MY. PROBLEMS, NOBODY TO NEGOTIATE. WITH. IT IS A PROBLEM. OF. >> Reporter: BUT YOU WOULD. HAVE TO SAY THAT THE IRANIAN. LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN LARGELY. SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE OVER. THIS PAST WEEK IN REGARDS TO THE. SITUATION IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ SAYING THAT THEY CONTROL. IT AND THAT NO SHIPS SHOULD PASS. WITHOUT THEIR PRIOR APPROVAL. THE IRAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN. MINISTER THE LATEST TO WEIGH IN.

TODAY VIA X SAYING, QUOTE, THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ CANNOT BE. SEIZED BY TWEET, NOR BY AIRCRAFT. CARRIER, NOR BY ISSUING AN. ORDER, NOR BY AN ELECTION. SPEECH. IRAN NEITHER FEARS THREATS NOR. COWERS BEFORE DISPLAYS OF POWER. SO WE'VE SEEN -- WE SEEM, CHARLIE, TO BE IN SOMETHING OF A. STALEMATE RIGHT NOW. CHARLIE IN. CHARLIE: INDEED.