Trump could STRIKE Iran again despite blockade success

. JONATHAN SERRIE, THANK YOU. >> Aishah: SECRETARY OF STATE. MARCO RUBIO MEETING WITH G7. LEADERS IN PARIS T THIS WEEK. THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE WAR. IN UKRAINE, IRAN CONFLICT, ENERGY SECURITY AND ALSO. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. RUBIO LAYING OUT THE PATH. FORWARD IN IRAN EARLIER THIS. MORNING. >> THE ECONOMIC CAMPAIGN AND THE. PRESSURE AND THE DEVASTATION. THAT OUR ECONOMIC CAMPAIGN IS. HAVING ON THE IRANIAN REGIME IS.

WORKING SO WELL THAT THE. PRESIDENT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE. ANY NEED TO CONDUCT MAJOR COMBAT. OPERATIONS. THE BLOCKADE AND ECONOMIC. SANCTIONS ARE DOING DEVASTATION. TO THEIR ECONOMY. >> Aishah: REBECCA HEINRICH FROM. THE HUDSON INSTITUTE SENIOR. FELLOW JOINING ME NOW. GOOD MORNING. SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO SAID. THE MID-TERM LOSSES AT HOME WILL. NOT IMPACT THE PRESIDENT'S. FOREIGN POLICY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CALL.

THAT A CLEANUP OR CLARIFICATION. AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT'S. COMMENTS LAST WEEK BLAMING THE. IRAN WAR ON THE MID-TERM LOSSES. HERE IS A HEADLINE FROM FOX NEWS. DIGITAL. RUBIO'S DEFENSE OF TRUMP'S IRAN. WAR DRAWS SHARP CONTRARAST THE. VANCE'S MID-TERM BLAME. HOW DO YOU THINK HIS MESSAGE. OVERSEAS IS LANDING WITH OUR. ALLIES? >> FIRST OF ALL I THINK. SECRETARY RUBIO'S MESSAGE IS. EXACTLY RIGHT. THE TIME FOR LITIGATING WHETHER.

THE UNITED STATES SHOULD OR. SHOULD NOT HAVE ENGAGED IN. RETAIL YACHTING AGAINST THE. RAREANCE. I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. TRYING TO FINISH IT. THE IRANIANS STARTED THE WAR 47. YEARS AGO. SECRETARY RUBIO IS FOCUSED ON. MISSION. YOU DON'T WANT TO DEMORE ALLIZE. OUR TROOPS. WE HAVE 50,000 TROOPS ENGAGED IN. THE FIGHT ENFORCING THE BLOCKADE. OR GIVE AID AND COMFORT TO OUR. ENEMIES TRYING TO COMPEL THE. UNITED STATES TO BACK OUT. I DID NOTICE SOME OF THE. IRANIANS ARE AMPLIFYING VICE.

PRESIDENT'S VANCE'S MESSAGE THTT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THE WAR. TO END. IT GAVE THE UNITED STATES AND. ULTIMATUM SAYING THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. THE UNITED STATES IS MISSION. FOCUSED AND END THE WAR ON TERMS. GOOD FOR THE UNITED STATES AND. OUR ALLIES. >> Aishah: THIS MORNING HE SAID. IT WILL BE A WORSE SITUATION FOR. IRAN COME NEXT MONTH BECAUSE OF. THIS MILITARY BLOCKADE, ECONOMIC. SANCTIONS AS WELL ARE WORKING.

THE PRESIDENT SAID YESTERDAY. THAT THE WAR IS MILITARILY. EFFECTIVELY OVER. HE DOES NOT THINK HE WILL NEED. ANYMORE MILITARY ACTION. LET'S PLAY THAHAT SOUND BITE. >> President Trump: THE MILITARY. ACTION DOESN'T SEEM TO BE VERY. NECESSARY. WE'RE LOCKED AND LOADED AND. READY TO GO IF THAT CHANGES. ISRAEL AND THE ENTIRE MIDDLE. EAST ARE PROTECTED FROM IRANIAN. DANGER AND THREATS AND SEEING. MOMENTUM TOWARD THE END OF THIS. CONFLICT. >> Aishah: WE HEARD THAT FROM.

PETE HEGSETH THIS MORNING, TOO. WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT? >> THE BLOCKADE IS WORKING. CENTRAL COMMAND HAVE MADE SURE. IRANIANS CANNOT GET OIL OUT OR. IN AND THE ECONOMIC SQUEEZING. AT THE SAME TIME THE IRGC IS. FIRING ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING. AND SUCH AN INFLUX OF U.S. FORCES COMING INTO THE REGION. THREE CARRIER STRIKE GROUPS. I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS STILL. RESERVING THE RIGHT, THE OPTION, TO ENGAGAGE IN MAJOR COMBAT.

OPERATIONS AGAIN. I WOULDN'T TAKE THE PRESIDENT'S. STATEMENTS TO MEAN IT IS OFF THE. TABLE. FOR NOW THE UNITED STATES HAS A. MILITARY ADVANTAGE. LAST POINT HERE WE NEED TO MAKE. SURE THAT BEFORE THIS WAR ENDS. THAT THE UNITED STATES LOCKS IN. ITS MILITARY ADVANTAGES THAT IT. HAS GAINED AGAINST THE IRANIANS. AND ALSO MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT. GIVE THE IRANIANS AN ECONOMIC. LIFELINE BECAUSE OF HOW. SUCCESSFUL WE HAVE BEEN. THOSE CONDITIONS HAVE TO BE MET. BEFORE WE CAN LEAVE. >> Aishah: SWITCHING GEARS TO. THE RUSSIAN WAR ON UKRAINE.

TRI LATERAL TALKS HAPPENING IN. THE UAE. THIS IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THIS MORNING ON THOSE TALKS. >> ACTUALLY OUR GOAL AT SOME. POINT TO EXPAND THE TRI LATERAL. SO NOT JUST THE U.S., UKRAINE. AND RUSSIA BUT THE EUROPEANS BE. REPRESENTED AT THAT TABLE. DIRECTLY. IN THE DAYS TO COME PERHAPS WE. CAN MAKE PROGRESS ON INCLUDING. THEM IN TAKE FRONT. >> I BELIEVE THE BBY IS. REPORTING THIS MORNING THAT U.S. OFFICIALS THINK THAT PUTIN AND. THE RUSSIANS ARE SHOWING SOME.

FLEXIBILITY. DO YOU THINK THAT THEY ARE READY. TO COME TO A DEAL NOW? >> I DON'T. THE RUSSIANS ARE STILL CARRYING. OUT ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN. TARGETS AND I THINK WHAT THE. RUSSIANS STILL WANT, THEY WANT. UKRAINE TO GIVE UP THE HIGHLY. FORTIFIED REGIONS THE RUSSIANS. HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE SINCE. 2014. IF UKRAINE DOES THAT RUSSIA WILL. HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT TO OCCUPY. ALL OF UKRAINE.

UKRAINE SIDES WITH THE U.S. THAT. IT NEEDS TO END NOW AND CURRENT. LINES OF CONTACT AND UKRAINIANS. WANT SECURITY GUARANTEES. THE TWO SIDES ARARE FAR APART. UKRAINE SIDES WITH THE UNITED. STATES HOW TO END THE WA.