Jack Keane: Iran will not comply

. THEY WANT THIS THING TO BE. OVER. KAYLEIGH: LET'S BRING IN. GENERAL JACK KEANE. HE ALSO TOLD ME, THE. VICE-PRESIDENT, WE'RE IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE GAME, IT'S NOT. OVER YET. YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE WE. ARE. >> YEAH, CERTAINLY, THE. IRANIANS OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME. IMPACT ON OUR TEAM AND ON THE. PRESIDENT RECENTLY FOR HIM TO. STAND DOWN FROM WHAT WAS. REPORTED LIKELY MAJOR COMBAT. OPERATIONS AND SOMETHING HAD TO. BE DIFFERENT TO GET THAT.

TURNAROUND. I THINK THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE. FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS. ONE IS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY FOCUS. NOW AND THE OTHER WOULD BE. NUCLEAR AND THAT WOULD TAKE ON. A LATER NEGOTIATION, BUT WHERE. WE ARE, I THINK IT BEGAN IN. EARNEST ALONG THE ROUTE THE. VICE-PRESIDENT IS SUGGESTING. AND THIS IS ENTRY ROUTES AND. EXIT ROUTES THAT OMAN AND IRAN. WERE AGREEING OVER AND I THINK. WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY LARGELY. SUPPORTED IT, BUT ONCE THAT.

GETS PASSED AND IN RETURN WE. WOULD REMOVE OUR NAVAL. BLOCKADE. ONCE THAT'S PASSED THE IRGC. LEADERSHIP AND POSSIBLY EVEN. THE SUPREME COURT LEADER, THEN. THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE. ACCORDING TO SOURCES. SO WHAT THE IRANIANS ARE. SAYING, ENTRY, EXIT ROUTES, FINE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TOLLS. AND FEES. THE ADMINISTRATION OBVIOUSLY. WOULD HAVE AN OBJECTION FOR. THAT. WE ALSO WANT SANCTIONS REMOVED. AGAIN AND WE WANT SOME OF OUR. FROZEN ASSETS TO BE RELEASED.

ALL OF THAT PRIOR TO ACTUAL. EXECUTION AND GIVEN THE LAST. TIME WE ACTUALLY HAD A SIGNED. DEAL BETWEEN TWO PRESIDENTS. OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, KAYLEIGHGH, AND WITHIN DAYS THE. VIOLATED THAT. SO I'M CONFIDENT THE. ADMINISTRATION IS NOT GOING TO. BE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT. BASED ON SOME OF THESE. CONDITIONS. AND LISTEN, I THINK WE ALL. UNDERSTAND CLEARLY LOOKING AT. THE IRANIANS, EVEN IF THEY SIGN. A DEAL, AND THE LAST TIME THEY.

HAD THEIR PRESIDENT SIGN IT, IT. IS LIKELY THEY WILL NOT FULLY. COMPLY WITH IT. MAYBE COMPLY WITH IT INITIALLY, BUT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL NOT. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS. A STRATEGIC ASSET THAT THEY. BELIEVE THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP OR. CONTROL OF AND THEY GIVE--. IT GIVES THEM INFLUENCE IN THE. REGION IN A WAY THEY'VE NEVER. HAD BEFORE FEBRUARY 28TH. THAT IS THE REALITY OF WHAT. WE'RE FACING AND THEIR MINDSET.

AND I THINK THERE ARE. OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO CHANGE. THE SITUATION. KAYLEIGH, I THINK THE PRIMARY. OBJECTIVES HAVE CHANGED FROM. MILITARY PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, TO. DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL AND. ECONOMIC. SO IS THERE A WAY TO ACHIEVE. BOTH? I THINK SO BECAUSE WE CAN. CONDUCT A CAMPAIGN. WE'VE TAKEN MOST OF THE IRANIAN. WEAPONS SYSTEMS DOWN AND EVEN. THE MISSILES AND DRONES ARE. DOWN DRAMATICALLY FROM WHERE.

THEY WERE. WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON WEAPONS. SYSTEMS AND OTHER TARGETS, BUT. WE C COULD VERY EASILY CONDUCT. MASSIVE STRIKE ON ECONOMIC AND. ENERGY AND WE HAVEN'T FOCUSED. ON THEM. THAT WAS GOING TO BE A FOCUS, BUT WE COULD DO THAT AND DO. THAT IN A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF. TIME, A DAY OR TWO SO IT WOULD. NOT BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE. POLITICAL OBJECTIVES, MIDTERMS, OR THE ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES, OIL. AND GAS PRICES. THAT'S SOME PATHWAYS AND. OPTIONS AHEAD THAT THE. PRESIDENT HAS IN ADDITION TO.

THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORT. KAYLEIGH: GENERAL KEANE, I HAVE. ABOUT A MINUTE HERE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THIS IS. TOTALLY FALSE AND I CERTAINLY. HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF FALSE. STORIES, I KNOW WHAT THE PRESS. DOES. THEY SAID CAMP DAVID, THAT THE. PRESIDENT DEMANDED FROM HEGSETH. ON MUNITIONS.

BUT I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT. MUNITIONS AND STOCKPILE. >> I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH AN. OPEN SECRET WE'RE CHALLENGED. WITH OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE. MISSILES. WE WENT ININTO THE WAR KNOWING. THERE WOULD BE CHALLENGES, BUT. IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO. EXECUTE. I KNOW FOR A FACT WHAT WE'RE. LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AS PART OF. A MILITARY OPTION GOING. FORWARD, KNOWING THE IRANIANS. IF WE ATTACK THEM IN ANY. CONSEQUENTIAL WAY THEY WOULD. WANT TO RETALIATE AGAINST OUR.

ALLIES, OIL AND GAS. INFRASTRUCTURE. SO, WE ARE HELPING ISRAEL. DEFEND AGAINST IRANIAN DRONES. AND MISSILES QUITE EFFECTIVELY. AND THE CENTCOM COMMANDER IS. WORKING THAT WITH OUR ALLIES. AND PARTNERS IN THE REGION TO. PROTECT THEIR OIL AND GAS. INFRASTRUCTURE AND OBVIOUSLY, HE HAS RESOURCES THAT ARE. AVAILABLE TO DO THAT, AND. SECONDLY, WE CLEARLY HAVE ADDED. CAPABILITY IN THE REGION RIGHT.

NOW, WE HAVE BROUGHT IT IN, NOT. JUST IN THE REGION, WE FLY OUT. OF EUROPE AS WELL, BUT THERE'S. ADDED CAPABILITY TO DO THE. MISSION AHEAD OF US MILITARILY. AND WHEN WE HAD WHEN THE WAR. BEGAN AND THAT'S THE FACTS ON. THE GROUND AND THE ISRAELIS ARE. AT FULL MAGAZINE DEPTH. I THINK IT MORE TO DO KNOW THE. INADEQUATE CAPABILITIES AHEAD. OF US, BUT HOW FAST CAN WE. REPLENISH THE STOCKPILE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DEPUTY. SECRETARY FINEBERG AND THAT. HE'S MOVING THE DEFENSE. INDUSTRY UNPARALLELED, I. HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING QUITE. LIKE IT SINCE THE REAGAN. ADMINISTRATION, I THINK THAT. REALLY IS THE ISSUE AND I DON'T. HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHAT. TOOK PLACE AT TH.