Jack Keane: This has NEVER been tried before

RESOURCES. >> Dana: KEEP US POSTED AND. SAFE. THANK YOU. >> Bill: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS GETTING READY. TO ANNOUNCE ECONOMIC D-DAY. OPERATION DESIGNED TO COMPLETELY. ISOLATE IRAN'S ECONOMY. HERE TO GIVE US ANALYSIS ON ALL. THIS IS GENERAL JACK KEANE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DECIDING TO. HOLD OFF ON KINETIC MILITARY. ACTION FOR NOW AND OPTING TO TRY. TO STRANGLE IRAN ECONOMICALLY.

TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT. HAS A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THIS. AFTERNOON. HE SAYS WE'RE NOW ENTERING THE. ENDGAME. AT DAWN BEGINS AN ECONOMIC. D-DAY. THE SINGLE GREATEST FINANCIAL. OFFENSIVE EVER MARTIALED AGAINST. AN ADVERSARY. OBJECTIVE IS TO SERVER EVERY. LIFELINE UNTIL TEHRAN STANDS. ALONE. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE. STRATEGY HERE? >> IF ANYBODY CAN DO THIS, IT IS. SECRETARY BESSENT. HE COMES INTO THIS POSITION WITH. LOTS OF EXPERIENCE, LOTS OF.

DETERMINATION, AND OBVIOUSLY HE. IS SMART AND CLEVER HOW TO DO. THIS. COUNTRIES LIKE IRAN AND RUSSIA. HAVE DEVELOPED WORK AROUNDS FOR. SANCTIONS. WE'VE KNOWN THAT. EVEN COUNTRIES ABIDING BY THE. SANCTIONS. AFTER A FEW WEEKS, THEY HAVE A. TENDENCY TO THROTTLE BACK. IT REALLY TAKES U.S. ENFORCEMENT. AND SUPERVISION DAY IN AND DAY. OUT, HOUR BY HOUR TO MAKE. CERTAIN THOSE SANCTIONS ARE. REALLY BEING EXECUTED. THAT TAKES A WHOLE TEAM TO DO.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M ASSUMING HE IS PUTTING. TOGETHER A TASK FORCE TO BE ABLE. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. WHAT HE IS ACTUALLY SAYING HERE. IS THAT ALL TRADE AND ALL. BUSINESS WITH IRAN WILL STOP. THAT'S WHAT HE IS TRYING TO. ENFORCE HERE. I DON'T THINK THAT HAS EVER BEEN. TRIED BEFORE. IF ANYBODY CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT. IN MY JUDGMENT IT IS THIS MAN. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF. HOW COMPLICATED THIS IS, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY IN THE MONTH. OF AUGUST, THIS MONTH, HAVE. ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH.

IRAN TO INCREASE THEIR TRADE. THE UAE HANDLED ALL THEIR. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR YEARS. ALL DURING THIS WAR PERIOD. AND THAT ADDS A COMPLICATION TO. IT. THE UAE HAS VOLUNTARILY SEVERED. ALL RELATIONS WITH IRAN. OUR AUDIENCE CAN SAY WHY IS. THIS? WHY ARE THE ALLIES SUPPORTING. THEM? WHY ARE OUR PARTNERS SUPPORTING. THE IRANIANS LIKE THIS? THE LIST IS MUCH LONGER THAN I. DESCRIBED. BUT THEY TAKE THE NOTE FROM US.

FOR 50 YEARS WE'VE HAD AN. APPEASEMENT STRATEGY WITH THEM. WE TRIED TO MAKE DEALS. DID ALL SORTS OF THINGS WITH. THIS REGIME. WE NEVER CONFRONTED THEM UNTIL. THIS PRESIDENT DID. AND YES, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A. BEHAVIOR CHANGE ON THEIR PART, BILL. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO. COOPERATE AND WE'LL HAVE TO GET. TOUGH WITH SOME OF OUR ALLIES. AND THE PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE. THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS. ISOLATION OF IRAN. THE SECOND AND THIRD PARTS OF. THIS, THE BLOCKADE WHICH WE'VE.

TALKED ABOUT AND HOW SUCCESSFUL. THAT IS. ALL OF THE REVENUE SOURCES THAT. IRAN GETS FROM TRADING THROUGH. THEIR PORTS IS SHUT OFF. THE THIRD THING AND WE'RE. TALKING ABOUT THE SUCCESS IT IS. ACHIEVING IS OPENING UP THE. STRAITS OF HORMUZ OFF THE COAST. OF OMAN. THE 82ND IS DOING THAT AND THEY. ARE INCREASING THAT TRAFFIC. THROUGH THERE. 200 LAST WEEK, 150 THE WEEK. BEFORE. LESS THAN 100 THE WEEK BEFORE. THAT. ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT.

DIRECTION. A FAR CRY FROM 130 SHIPS PER DAY. TRANSITING THROUGH THERE. THE MARKET IS SEEING THE TREND. IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT. DIRECTION. WE'RE ON A PATH TO BRING IRAN TO. ITS KNEES AND WHAT SECRETARY. BESSENT HAS IN MIND. HE TALKS ABOUT IT COLLAPSING. NOBODY KNOWS. WHERE IS IRAN COMING FROM, BILL? THIS IS THEIR LEADERS WHO RUN. THE PLACE. THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN OUTLAST. THE UNITED STATES HERE. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE. SUFFERING OF THEIR PEOPLE. THEY ARE WILLING TO MAKE.

SACRIFICES THEMSELVES LIKELY. AND THEY ARE GOING TO -- THEY. CONSIDER VICTORY SURVIVING. IF THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT. YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE HERE, THEY. WILL GO AS FAR AS THEY POSSIBLY. CAN. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEMSELVES. HOW FAR THEY CAN GO. WE'LL FIND OUT HERE AS WE MOVE. DOWN THIS PATH. AND IF THEY DO -- I THINK THEY. ARE LIKELY TO DO, INCREASE THE. VIOLENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT. THIS PLAN OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. IS NOT WORKING PRIOR TO THE. MID-TERMS, THEN THE PRESIDENT. WILL RESPOND VERY DECISIVELY.

AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> Bill: GOT TO LEAVE IT THERE. IRAN HAS HAMMERED BY THE W.