OVERNIGHT: Trump issues BOLD warning to Iran allies

N. MASSACHUSETTS. THANK YOU. >> Brian: THANK YOU. 8 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR. NOW TO THE MIDDLE EAST. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PLANNING. UNPRECEDENTED PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. TARGETING TEHRAN'S OIL AND. FINANCES. >> Charlie: COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. CALLING IT ECONOMIC D-DAY AS HE. WARNS ANY COUNTRY THAT ATTEMPTS. TO HELP IRAN, THREATENING. TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC. CONSEQUENCES. >> Ainsley: CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT TREY YINGST IS. LIVE IN TEL AVIV WITH MORE. HEY, TREY. >> Trey: HEY GUYS, GOOD MORNING. OVERNIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCED WHAT HE IS CALLING. ECONOMIC D-DAY AGAINST IRAN. THE PRESIDENT INDICATED THAT ANY.

COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD. PROVIDING A LIFELINE TO THE. IRANIANS COULD FACE ECONOMIC. CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR OWN. HE CALLED ON ALLIES TO STAND. WITH THE UNITED STATES, POSTING. TO TRUTH SOCIAL: NO ONE IS. GIVING THE SLACK REPUBLIC OF. IRANIAN A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO. MAKE A DEAL THAN ME. TRAGICALLY FOR THEM, THEY HAVE. FAILED TO TAKE IT THEREFORE, TODAY, I AM ANNOUNCING THE MOST. CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER. TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY. THIS WILL BE ECONOMIC WARFARE. AND ICE LATION ON AN. UNPRECEDENTED SCALE. ON WEDNESDAY, THE PRESIDENT. DESCRIBED THE STATE OF PLAY AMID.

REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES. IS STILL OVERSEEING VESSELS. THROUGH A SAFE CORRIDOR TO. EXPORT MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF. OIL OUT OF THE PERSIAN GULF EACH. DAY. >> WELL, WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE. COULD SANCTION. WE HAVE VERY DRACONIAN SANCTIONS. AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. RIGHT THOUGHT STRAIT IS OPEN. A LOT OF BOATS ARE COMING. THROUGH. PEOPLE AREN'T REPORT THAT. THAT MAY SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AT SOME POINT BUT RIGHT NOW A. LOT OF BOATS ARE COMING THROUGH. THE NAVAL BLOCKADE HAS BEEN.

EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE. >> Trey: THE IRANIANS HAVE. RESPONDED TO THE PRESIDENT'S. COMMENTS OVERNIGHT WITH IRAN'S. FOREIGN MINISTER SAYING THE. SO-CALLED ECONOMIC D-DAY IS A. DIVERSIFICATION FROM AMERICA'S. OWN CRISIS UNPRECEDENTED DEATH. AND SURGING INTEREST COSTS. DOUBLING DOWN ON FURTHER. POLICIES ONLY FURTHER DEFEAT AND. ENDING -- THREATENS GLOBAL. ECONOMY AND SOVEREIGNTY. WORLDWIDE. REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE SOURCES. TELL FOX NEWS THERE ARE GROWING. INDICATIONS OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. INSIDE OF IRAN OF THE U.S. NAVAL.

BLOCKADE AND ECONOMIC ISOLATION. REPORTS INDICATE THAT INFLATION. IN IRAN HAS REACHED 89% WITH. FOOD PRICES UP 164%. THE CONFLICT IS CLEARLY SHIFTING. TO ECONOMIC WARFARE. THE QUESTION HERE: WHETHER OR. NOT THIS PRESSURE WILL. ULTIMATELY RESULT IN A DEAL OR A. RETURN TO COMBAT OPERATIONS. GUYS? >> Brian: SO WE KNOW, TREY, UAE. SUPPLIES 31% OF IRAN'S IMPORTS. ROUGHLY 21 BILLION IN 2024. AND WAS -- IT WAS DESTINED TO. HAVE 13% OF ITS EXPORTS THIS.

YEAR. AND THEY HAVE NOW CUT OFF ALL. TRADE AFTER SHOOTING AT THEIR. SHIPS ONE TIME TOO MANY WITH. IRAN. IS THAT SIGNIFICANT? >> IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT AND. INDICATION THAT GULF COUNTRIES. MAY START TO TAKE SIMILAR. ECONOMIC ACTION AGAINST THE. IRANIANS. AND, REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. EARLIER THIS WEEK. IRAN REPORTEDLY LAUNCHED TWO. BALLISTIC MISSILES AT THE UAE, TRIGGERING ALERTS THERE AND. SENDING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO. SEEK SHELTER. AND THEY HAVE ROUTINELY ATTACKED. A NUMBER OF EMIRATE OIL VESSELS.

OFF THE COAST THERE IN THE. PERSIAN GULF IN THE PAST WEEK. IT'S AN INDICATION THAT THE. IRANIANS ARE STILL LAUNCHING. ATTACKS NEAR THE STRAIT OF STRAF. HORMUZ. WHILE THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE. WATERWAY IS OPEN. ONLY 10% OF THE VESSELS SUPPOSED. TO BE PASSING THROUGH THIS. CRITICAL WATERWAY ARE ACTUALLY. MAKING IT OUT OF THE PERSIAN. GULF. THERE IS THIS PARALLEL STORY. THAT IS QUITE IMPORTANT. THE PRESIDENT HAS INDICATED TO. FOX NEWS THAT THEY ARE STILL. GETTING OIL OUT OF THE PERSIAN. GULF. SO THEY HAVE A SAFE CORRIDOR TO. THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. AND THEY ARE ABLE TO EXPORT. MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL.

EACH AND EVERY DAY. THIS OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO. CONTINUE AND IT'S AN INDICATION. THAT DUE TO THE U.S. NAVAL. BLOCKADE, AND THE U.S. MILITARY. PRESENCE IN THE REGION, THEY ARE. STILL ABLE TO ESCORT SOME OF. THESE VESSELS OUT OF THE GULF. >> Ainsley: OKAY. THANK YOU, CHARLIE, IT'S THE TOP. WHERE THE PERSIAN GULF IS ON. THAT MAP. HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT PLAN TO. SQUEEZE THEM HARDER. SQUEEZE THEM SO HARD THEY HAVE. TO GIVE UP NUCLEAR WEAPONS, FINE, TAKE THEM. WE WILL GIVE THEM TO YOU. WE WILL GET THEM OUT OF HERE. BECAUSE WE ARE IN SUCH DIRE.

STRAITS. WHAT ELSE COULD THE PRESIDENT. DO? HE EVEN SAID IN THE TWEET NAVY. GONE, AIR FORCE DESTROY, CURRENCY IS WORTHLESS, COUNTRY. HANGING ON BY A THREAD. YOU MENTIONED INFLATION AND. TALKED ABOUT FOOD PRICES. WHAT MORE COULD OUR PRESIDENT. DO? >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACTS ON. THE GROUND HERE. WHEN WE STEP BACK AND LOOK AT. THE SITUATION FOR THE IRANIANS, MUCH OF THEIR NAVY WAS DESTROYED. DURING OPERATION EPIC FURY. MANY PRODUCTION LINE FOR THE. MISSILES AND DRONES INSIDE OF. IRAN WERE TARGETED. THE IRANIANS STILL DO HAVE A. MILITARY INDUSTRIAL BASE. THEY HAVE MISSILES, DRONES,

CRUISE MISSILES THAT THEY CAN. USE NOT ONLY TO ATTACK THE GULF. BUT ALSO U.S. FORCES IN THE. REGION AND POSSIBLY EVEN ISRAEL. IN THE FUTURE. SO THE U.S. MILITARY REMAINS ON. ALERT. AND HAVE YOU ONE SIDE OF THE. COIN HERE THAT IS FOCUSED ON. MILITARY PRESSURE, THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE, AND THE ABILITY. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, IF HE ORDERS. FUTURE STRIKES. ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE THE. ECONOMIC WARFARE CAMPAIGN. AND THIS IS -- YOU COULD LOOK AT. THIS BROADLY LIKE AN ONION. AT THE CENTER YOU WAS THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE PREVENTING THE. IRANIANS FROM THE OIL PIPELINE.

OIL EXPORTS. SECONDARY SANCTIONS IN PLACE AND. THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS AT THE. U.S. TREASURY FROM SCOTT BESSENT. TO TRY TARGET SOME OF THE. COUNTRIES THAT ACTUALLY USE. IRANIAN OIL SUCH AS THE CHINESE. AND THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE. STILL TRYING TO FIND CREATIVE. WAYS TO GET AROUND THE SANCTIONS. AND THE U.S. ECONOMIC PRESSURE. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST NIGHT. ORDERED WHAT HE IS CALLING. ECONOMIC D-DAY. BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SEND A. MESSAGE TO COUNTRIES AROUND THE. WORLD IF THEY TRY TO SKIRT THESE. SANCTIONS OR U.S. EFFORTS TO. PRESSURE THE IRANIAN REGIME THAT. THEY WILL FACE ECONOMIC.

CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR OWN. >> Charlie: SO OBVIOUSLY IRAN. HAS BEEN ISOLATED MILITARILY AND. ECONOMICALLY AND WE'RE GOING TO. RATCHET UP THE ECONOMIC. ISOLATION NOW. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE HOW LONG? IT'S KIND OF MIND BOGGLING THAT. IRAN HAS MANAGED TO HANG ON, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF ISOLATION. THAT THEY HAVE FACED OVER THE. LAST 8 OR 9 MONTHS. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE HOW LONG. IRAN CAN HANG ON WITH THIS KIND. OF ISOLATION? >> Trey: WE DON'T. AND THIS IS A GAME OF WHO BLINKS.

FIRST. AND THE IRANIANS FEEL CONFIDENT. IN THEIR POSITION. BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEIR. STATEMENTS. THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS. THREATENING LET FRICK TEHRAN. ABOUT THEIR MILITARY. CAPABILITIES IN THE REGION. AND THE ECONOMIC -- WHAT THEY. CONSIDER WARFARE AGAINST THEIR. COUNTRY. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IRANIANS. THOUGH, THEY HAVE PREPARED FOR. THIS REALITY. WE HAVE TO FACE THE FACTS OF THE. SITUATION. NOT ONLY ON A MILITARY FRONT. THEY PREPARED THIS MOSAIC. DEFENSE ENSURING THAT IF THEIR. TOP COMMANDERS WERE TAKEN OUT. THAT OTHERS COULD FILL THEIR. SHOES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE. DONE.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS IN THE. "WALL STREET JOURNAL," FOR. EXAMPLE, OVER THE PAST TWO. MONTHS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SO. FOCUSED ON FINDING A DIPLOMATIC. OFF RAMP. RATHER, THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING. FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A RETURN. TO COMBAT. AND THAT MEANS PUTTING THESE. HARD LINE IRGC OFFICIALS IN. POSITIONS WHERE THEY CAN MAKE. DECISIONS TO THREATEN. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AND PUT. COUNTER PRESSURE ON THE UNITED. STATES, ITS FORCES IN THE. REGION, AND GULF ALLIES. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS TAKING. PLACE. THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT. YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT REALLY FEELS. LIKENEDLESS CYCLE OF STATEMENTS. AND STRIKES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WITH NO END IN SIGHT.

>> Brian: YEP. I HAVE GOT A MILLION MORE. QUESTIONS FOR YOU, TREY. I GUESS WAIT FOR NEXT HOUR. I APPRECIATE ALL THE INSIGHT, AS. EVERYBODY WATCHES.