Iran would not ‘HONOR’ the deal: Ret Lt Gen Keith Kellogg

>> John: WE ARE AWAITING. POTENTIAL U.S. DEAL WITH IRAN ON. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. CENTCOM SAYS THEY HAVE. REDIRECTED 48 COMMERCIAL. VESSELS, DISABLED TWO AND. BOARDED TWO MORE AS PART OF THE. NAVY'S BLOCKADE OF THE IRANIAN. PORTS LET'S BRING IN RETIRED. LIEUTENANT GENERAL KEITH. KELLOGG, A FORMER ASSISTANT TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AMERICAN. SECURITY CO-CHAIR WITH THE. AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE. FOR GENERAL, TO HAVE YOU BACK. WITH US.

THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT A DEAL. WITH IRAN IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ COULD BE IMMINENT. HERE'S HOW HE PUT IT PIER. GLISSON. >> THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THEN IT MIGHT OPEN AS SOON AS. TOMORROW. >> IT COULD HAPPEN. A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. THEY CALLED ME AND THEY SAID. PLEASE LET'S TALK. THEY WANT TO TALK. >> John: GENERAL, ARE YOU. CONCERNED? DO YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS THAT IF. IRAN WERE TO AGREE TO A DEAL TO. OPEN UP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

THEY WOULD HONOR IT? >> YEAH, JOHN, THANKS FOR HAVING. ME PURE GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. I DON'T TRUST THE GUYS AT ALL SO. I DON'T THINK -- THEY PROBABLY. WOULD HONOR IT AND I THINK. REALLY THE DEAL IS BETWEEN OMAN. AND IRAN AS WELL. THE INTERESTING PART IS HOW ARE. THEY GOING TO DO IT? ARE THEY GOING TO CHARGE TOLLS. SORT OF LIKE TURKEY DOES? THAT JUST LEADS TO A WHOLE SET. OF PROBLEMS WE HAVEN'T EVEN. TALKED ABOUT.

THE BIGGEST THING IS THE REAL. REASON THIS WAS STARTED IS. BECAUSE OF THE ENRICHED URANIUM. WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BECOME A. NUCLEAR POWER. IT'S KIND OF IN THE BACKGROUND. RIGHT NOW. NOW IT'S THE PRIMARY THING WE. NEED TO FOCUS IN ON BECAUSE WE. DON'T NEED THEM TO GO THERE. WE NEED TO FIGURE WAYS TO GET. THE ENRICHED URANIUM AND SHUT. THEM DOWN FROM HAVING NUCLEAR. CAPABILITY LATER ON. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S REALLY. GOING TO BE THE HARD ONE BECAUSE. THIS DEAL HERE WILL LEAD TO THE. SECOND DEAL. IT USED TO BE YOU WANTED THE. NUCLEAR DEAL AND THEN A DEAL ON.

THE STRAIGHT. THE WAY THE IRANIANS WERE, YOU. JUST DON'T TRUST THEM AT ALL. REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT FREEDOM. OF THE SEAS, BASICALLY WHEN YOU. GET OUTSIDE THE 12 NAUTICAL. MILES OF THE COASTLINE, THAT'S. ACTUALLY OPEN WATER. IF THEY'RE TRYING TO CHARGE A. TOLL, THEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU DO WITH. OTHERS? IT'S CAUSING ENORMOUS PROBLEMS. THE PROOF IS GOING TO BE IN THE. PUDDING. LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S GOING TO GET TO THE SECOND.

DEAL WHICH IS THE NUCLEAR DEAL. WHICH TO ME IS THE MOST. IMPORTANT ONE. HAVING THE TRUST AND THE. CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WILL. BASICALLY FULFILL THE DEAL, I. DON'T BUY IT. I NEVER HAVE AND I DON'T THINK I. EVER WILL. IT'S WHO THEY ARE AS A. THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. YOU LOOK AT WTI, THE PRICE OF. OIL, IT'S IN THE MODERATE RANGE. WHEN YOU GET TO THE 70s IT'S. MODERATE. IT'S BEEN AS HIGH AS 100, AS LOW. AS 30. THAT WAS 2004. WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN.

THE OMANIS AND THE IRANIANS ARE. GOING TO COME TOGETHER WITH A. DEAL. THE QUESTION IS WHAT DOES IT. LOOK LIKE? I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE. ORIGINAL PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT. LETTING THEM HAVE ENRICHED. URANIUM AND GETTING TO A NUCLEAR. WEAPON. >> John: IT'S KIND OF IRONIC. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THE. OTHER DAY WE WILL DO THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ FIRST AND THEN TALK. ABOUT NUCLEAR AND THEN WEEKS AGO. WHEN THE MOU WAS FIRST RELEASED. THE PRESIDENT WAS TELLING US. THAT THEY ALREADY HAD A DEAL ON. NUCLEAR. THIS JUST CAME IN AND APPARENTLY. IRANIAN STATE TV IS QUOTING THE.

COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT AS SAYING. INTERACTION WITH THE COUNTRY'S. SUPREME LEADER IS VERY DIFFICULT. CURRENTLY. I MEAN IF KHAMENEI IS THE GUY. THAT HAS TO SIGN OFF, WHERE DOES. THAT LEAVE NEGOTIATIONS? >> THIS IS THE REAL PROBLEM AND. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE. IRANIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THE SUPREME LEADER IS THE SENIOR. GUY. HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING. THE PRESIDENT IS CONSIDERED TO.

BE LIKE A MODERATE. TO ME THE MODERATES HAVE ALWAYS. BEEN, THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT GO. TO THE PUBLIC HANGINGS OF PEOPLE. WHO REVOLT AGAINST THE. INSTITUTION BUT DON'T GO TO THE. COCKTAIL PARTY AFTERWARDS. HE IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE BUT. HE'S PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT. SHOULD REALLY FIND OUT THERE. IF THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE. SUPREME LEADER AND THE. REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS AND WE'VE. GOT A PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD TO. THE NUCLEAR DEAL. THAT'S THE THING WE SHOULD BE. FOCUSED ON. WHAT IS THE NUCLEAR DEAL LOOKING.

LIKE? NOT WHAT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. LOOKS LIKE EVEN THOUGH IT. AFFECTS THE ECONOMY. IT DOESN'T AFFECT US. IT AFFECTS THE MIDDLE EAST. COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. WE ARE DOING JUST FINE WITH IT. BUT IT WILL BE INFLATIONARY. >> John: NO QUESTION ABOUT. THAT. IT DOES AFFECT US BECAUSE OIL IS.