Trump faces a BIG DECISION on Iran

TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> Gillian: THANK YOU. >> Bill: THAT'S THE REPORT. LET'S GET ANALYSIS. RICH GOLDBERG WITH US. RICH, WELCOME HERE. THE COMMENT I HAVE A BIG. DECISION COMING UP. HOW DO YOU SEE IT? >> WELL, I THINK THE PRESIDENT. ACTUALLY HAS A MORE SUSTAINABLE. AND CLEAR POLICY AND STRATEGY TO. ARTICULATE THAN HE HAD A FEW. MONTHS AGO. WE ARE IN A STRANGULATION POLICY. RIGHT NOW. THE BLOCKADE IS WORKING. EVERYTHING SCOTT BESSENT IS. DOING IS WORKING.

MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHITE. HOUSE OFFICIALS IS WE ARE. GETTING TEN TO 15 MILLION. BARRELS PER DAY OUT OF THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ EVERY NIGHT. THAT IS INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU. THINK WHERE WE WERE A FEW MONTHS. AGO. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SEEN THE. IRANIANS FOR PROXIES ESCALATE IN. THE RED SEA, HOUTHIS AND IRAQI. MILITIAS, THAT'S WHERE THE RISK. PREMIUM IS COMING IN. AT THE SAME TIME MY. UNDERSTANDING IS GASOLINE. SHORTAGES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. THE REGIME IS VERY SCARED OF THE. PEOPLE HAVING A MAJOR UPRISING.

THEY DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF THE. SUBSIDIES SO THEY ARE RATIONING. GASOLINE AND PUTTING MAJOR ANGST. INSIDE SOCIETY. I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS TIME. ON HIS SIDE. WHAT HE DOESN'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. IS AN ANSWER TO THE POLITICAL. QUESTION ON OUR STRAIN REFINING. CAPACITY IN THE UNITED STATES. WHICH IS SENDING DIESEL THROUGH. THE ROOF AND WEEKS OUT OF A. MID-TERM ELECTION NEEDING TO DO. SOMETHING MORE ON THE DOMESTIC. SCENE TO ADDRESS THE GAS PRICES. >> TWO THINGS.

I MENTIONED JD VANCE. EARLIER IN THE WEEK HE TALKED. ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THE MIDDLE. EAST AND WHY IT WOULD BE A BAD. IDEA. MAYBE THAT'S A BIT OF A. FORESHADOWING FOR THE. PRESIDENT'S DECISION. LISTEN TO THIS. >> WHAT I WOULD SAY TO ANYBODY. WHO IS FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW. THE ALTERNATIVE, THE UNITED. STATES EFFECTIVELY SAYS TO THE. MIDDLE EAST YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. WOULD MEAN NECESSARILY A. WORLDWIDE ENERGY CRISIS SO LONG. AS THE IRANIANS KEEP SHOOTING AT. SHIPPING. THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD DO. >> Bill: THE OTHER THING WE KNOW. NEXT WEEK IN NEW YORK THE.

PRESIDENT WILL MEET WITH ALL THE. GULF NATION LEADERS, UAE, SAUDI. ARABIA, AND ALSO THE IRANIANS. WILL BE HERE IN NEW YORK AND. THEY HAVE BEEN ISSUED VISAS, THE. STATEMENT WE GOT LAST NIGHT FROM. THE STATE DEPARTMENT. CONSISTENT WITH HOST COUNTRY. OBLIGATIONS THE CORE DELEGATION. FROM THE IRANIAN REGIME WILL BE. ABLE TO ATTEND UNITED NATIONS. WEEK AND FACE PROHIBITIONS ON. THE PURCHASE OF LUXURY AND OTHER. GOODS AND THEN LAST LINE.

THE DELEGATION IS SMALLER THAN. LAST YEAR. THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. MANY OF THOSE LEADERS PERHAPS. ARE NOW DEAD. GO. >> TWO THINGS. THE VICE PRESIDENT'S POINT. THE WORLD IS LOOKING TO US RIGHT. NOW FOR ENERGY SUPPLY. WE'RE CHANGING THE GLOBAL. DYNAMIC LONG TERM ONCE THE WAR. IS COMPLETED. WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO IS SEIZE. OPPORTUNITIES. WORK WITH THOSE ARAB LEADERS AND. ISRAEL TO CHANGE THE FACE OF THE. MIDDLE EAST THAT BYPASSES.

HORMUZ. HERE AT HOME REVERSING DECADES. OF POLICIES OF SHUTTING DOWN. REFINERIES USING THIS MOMENT TO. DRIVE THROUGH NEW AUTHORITIES, NEW LAW AND REGULATIONS TO. REOPEN AND MODERNIZE AN EXPAND. OUR REFINING CAPACITY WHILE. DEMOCRATS ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN. ON THE IRANIANS COMING. THE HEAD OF A DELEGATION TRYING. TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT. IF HE IS COMING TO DEFECT, OFFER. TERMS OF SURRENDER, THAT SOUNDS. GOOD OTHERWISE WE'RE.

LEGITIMIZING AN ILLEGITIMATE. REGIME HERE. >> Bill: PRESIDENT XI ON. WEDNESDAY.