Trump holds 'ALL THE CARDS' with Iran, State Dept spokesperson warns

>> OKAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SAYS H HE. BELIEVES IRAN WAS LIKELY. RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT BIG ATTACK. ON SAUDI ARABIA'S EAST-WEST OIL. PIPELINE AND IT COMES AS HE. SAYS THE IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHIS. HAVE CONTACTED THE WHITE HOUSE, THE U.S., AND SAID THAT THEY. DON'T WANT TO FIGHT WITH US. BAHRAIN'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS. MINISTRY DESCRIBING THE. PIPELINE ATTACK AS A BLATANT.

VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. AND SAUDI ARABIA'S ENERGY. MINISTRY HAS NOW SHUT DOWN THE. PIPELINE AS A PRECAUTION AFTER. SUFFERING MULTIPLE ATTACKS. FOR MORE LET'S BRING IN THE. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON, TOMMY PIGOTT, THE FIRST TIME. WATCHING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE HOUTHIS WITH SAUDI ARABIA, IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO. BACK THEM INTO A CORNER SO THAT. THE SAUDIS MIGHT MAKE A PHONE. CALL TO THE WHITE HOUSE OR TO. THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND ASK.

YOU GUYS TO LET OFF ON IRAN. ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE BACKING. THEM INTO A VULNERABLE CORNER. HERE. IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING. ON? >> I THINK THAT IMPORTANTLY. HERE IS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOLDS THE CARDS WHEN IT COMES. TO THIS ISSUE AND IMPORTANTLY. IS THE FACT AS TIME GOES ON, IF. IT WASN'T PROVEN BEFORE WHEN IT. WAS, THE IRANIAN REGIME CANNOT. HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AISHAH: THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE. >> THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE AND WE. HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE TO DENY. THEM THAT NUCLEAR WEAPON, PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING CONCRETE. ACTION.

ALSO, OPERATION "ECONOMIC. OUTCAST", IT'S DENYING THE. REVENUE THEY NEED TO CONTINUE. THEIR ACTIVITIES, IT'S. CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY AND CUT. OFF FINANCIAL REVENUE FOR. IRAN'S TERRORIST PROXIES. THE FUNDING FOR THE TERRORIST. PROXIES. THE MAXIMUM PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. AND WE'RE SEEING ADDITIONAL. ACTIONS EVEN THIS WEEK TO. TARGET THE TERRORIST PROXIES OF. THE REGIME THAT ARE. DESTABILIZING THE REGION. AISHAH: I THINK THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB.

IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, AND. SLOW, BUT CONCERNS SHIFTING TO. THE OTHER STRAIT ON THE RED. SEA, THE OTHER AREA THAT COULD. BE A TARGET OF THE HOUTHIS. WHAT IS THE STATE DEPARTMENT. GOING TO DO TO PREVENT THE. HOUTHIS FROM ATTACKING AND. TAKING CONTROL. BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT? >> THE FACT THAT WE SEE SHIPS. MOVING THROUGH THE STRAIT NOW. AND CONVERSATITIONS THAT HAVE. BEEN HAPPENING. WE'VE SEEN THE PRESIDENT HERE. AND WE'VE SEEN ACTIONS HERE. FROM THE UNITED STATES. GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW SHIPS TO. MOVE THROUGH THE STRAIT OF.

HORMUZ. WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPENING AND. HAPPENING CONSISTENTLY BECAUSE. OF THE ACTIONS OF THE UNITED. STATES, THE ABILITY TO CONTROL. THAT STRAIT ALLOW FOR THAT. TRAFFIC TO COME THROUGH AND. GOES BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTAL. PRINCIPLE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOLDS ALL OF THE CARDS HERE. PRESIDENT TRUMP INSTITUTING THE. MAXIMUM PRESSURE COMMUNITY AND. MAXIMUM CAMPAIGN AND THE. BLOCKADE OF THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ WHICH SHOWS THE POWER. AND STRENGTH OF THE U.S. MILITARY, THE CAPABLE OF THE. U.S. MILITARY ON DISPLAY HERE. AISHAH: STILL NO TALKS. UNDERWAY, CORRECT? >> IT'S UP TO THE IRANIAN. REGIME IN THE SENSE THAT THE.

PRESIDENT PREFERRED DIPLOMACY. FROM THE BEGINNING. AISHAH: NOBODY RIGHT NOW IS. TALKING ON THAT LEVEL. >> NOTHING AT THIS TIME. AISHAH: HERE IS WHAT AN IRANIAN. OFFICIAL SAID THIS WEEK BECAUSE. THEY LIKE TO THROW OUT THEIR. OWN PROPAGANDA AND TAUNTING THE. U.S. MILITARY HERE SAYING. IRAN'S NAVY JUST SENT A CLEAR. MESSAGE, THE SECURITY AND. STABILITY OF THE PERSIAN GULF. ARE MANAGED BY IRAN. SO THE REMAINING FORCES, SAVE. WHAT'S LEFT YOUR GEAR AND HEAD. HOME WHILE YOU CAN AND FOCUS ON. DEFENDING YOUR OWN BORDERS, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?

>> LOOK, THE PRESIDENT HOLDS. THE CARDS HERE AND WE'VE SEEN. THE POWER AND CAPABILITY OF THE. UNITED STATES MILITARY WHEN IT. COMES TO THE BLOCKADE. WHEN IT COMES TO OPERATIONS. WE'VE SEEN AND THE FACT THAT WE. HAD OBLITERATION OF THE NUCLEAR. SITES AND DECIMATION OF THE. IRANIAN REGIME'S MILITARY. CAPABILITY. IN THIS BLOCKADE WHICH HAS BEEN. 100% SUCCESSFUL CENTCOM TALKING. ABOUT THAT, THE FULL-TIME. CAPABILITY ON DISPLAY. AISHAH: THE MENTION MENTIONED. THE OTHER WAY, THERE'S BEEN. ACTIVITY THEY'VE NOTICED ON. PICKAXE MOUNTAIN. LET'S PLAY THE SOUND BITE.

>> THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE CALLED. PICKAXE MOUNTAIN, ANOTHER NICE. PLACE, MAY HAVE TO GIVE A SHOT. THERE BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID. THERE'S MOVEMENT THERE. WE DON'T NEED MUCH. BECAUSE OF SPACE FORCE, WHICH. WAS MY BABY, I HAVE TO SAY, FIRST TERM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]. WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING. I WOULD ADVISE IRAN NOT TO GET. CUTE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO. HIT THEM VERY HARD. WE HAVE NO CHOICE, RIGHT? >> WHAT ARE YOU GUYS SEEING. HAPPENING AT PICK AX? >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO.

SPECIFICS HERE. AISHAH: NOT CLASSIFIED, BUT. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SHARE. >> THE PRESIDENT AND BEEN. CLEARING FROM THE BEGINNING, IRANIAN REGIME CANNOT HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. AISHAH: DO YOU THINK THEY'RE. WORKING ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT. PICKAXE.E. >> WE HAVE EYES ON AND. CAPABILITY AND WE'RE WATCHING. THE SITES, AS THE PRESIDENT IS. SAYING, HE'S BEEN CLEAR FROM.

THE BEGINNING, THE IRANIAN. REGIME WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR. WEAPON, HE'S PREFERRED THAT. OPTION FROM THE BEGINNING AND. HE'LL FULFILL ONE WAY OR. ANOTHER. AISHAH: THE PRESIDENT CAME OUT. AND DENIED THAT IRAN DAMAGED. ANY OF OUR PLANES IN JORDAN. WHAT HAPPENED THERE? >> I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR. THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ON. THAT FRONT. CAPABILITY OF THE U.S. MILITARY. HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY WITH THE. OPERATINGS WHEN IT COMES TO THE.

BLOCKADE AND IRANIAN CANNOT. HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. AISHAH: YOU'VE SAID IT A COUPLE. OF TIMES NOW, THAT'S CLEAR THE. OBJECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THEY DO. NOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND. GET THE STRAIT OPEN. IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, THE. PRESIDENT KEEPS SAYING, IT'S. GOING TO END AND ENDING AFTER. THE MIDTERMS. ARE YOU CONVINCED, CAN YOU. PROMISE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT THIS WAR WILL BE OVER. AFTER THE MIDTERMS?

>> WHAT I CAN SAY AGAIN, GOING. BACK TO THAT OBJECTIVE. THEY WILL NOT HAVE NUCLEAR. WEAPON. I THINK THE CONTEXT--. . HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE? >> THAT'S THE CONTEXT FROM THE. BEGINNING. THE MAXIMUM PRESSURE BY THE. PRESIDENT HERE AND ECONOMIC. OUTCAST. THE FACT THAT THE TREASURY. DEPARTMENT MAPPED OUT EVERY. SINGLE REMAINING FINANCIAL. FACILITATOR THAT THE IRANIAN. REGIME HAS LESS AND CUT THE. REGIME OFF FROM THE. FACILITATORS AND WE'VE SEEN THE. ACTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY MADE. THE WORLD SAFER AND I THINK. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. OBLITERATION OF THE NUCLEAR.

SITES, DECIMATION OF THE. MILITARY, CUTTING OFF TEHRAN. FROM PROXIES. MADE THE WORLD SAFER. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT. OBJECTIVE, PEACE IN THE MIDDLE. EAST, PEACE IN THE REGION. AISHAH: IT HASN'T ENDED THE. CONFLICT. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT IRAN TO COME. TO ITS KNEESES? >> I'M NOT GOING TO PREDICT THE. FUTURE, BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY. IMPORTANT AND OPERATION. OUTCAST, IDENTIFYING THE. FINANCIAL FACILITATORS IS. ALREADY HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE.

IRANIAN ECONOMY. THE RAPID INFLATION, AND. CURRENCY DROPPING LIKE A ROCK. AND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS DENIED. TO THE IRANIAN REGIME EVERY. SINGLE DAY BECAUSE OF THE. BLOCKADE. AISHAH: YOU'RE DOING DAMAGE FOR. SURE. I WANT TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT. SECRETARY RUBIO'S TRIP IN SOUTH. MERCK, HE'S WORKING WITH ALLIES. TO COMBAT NARCO TERRORISM. IS THIS A SHIFT AT ALL FROM THE. POLICIES IN THE FIRST YEARS OF. THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE YOU'RE. GOING AFTER DRUG BOATS AND. BOMBINGS? >> IT SHOWS ENHANCEMENTS, FURTHER COOPERATION TO DO THAT.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE'VE HAD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THE NARCO TERRORIST GROUPS AND. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE, TERRORIST. GROUPS POISONING THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE. BUT TO COMBAT THE GROUPS WE. HAVE TO SECURE THE BORDER WHICH. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE AND WE. HAVE TO WORK WITH EAR OTHER. NATIONS IN THE HEMISPHERE. THESE NARCO TERRORISTS HAVE. MORE THAN THE GOVERNMENTS WHERE. THEY'RE OPERATING. A CLEAR COOPERATION WITH. COUNTRIES ACROSS THE REGION. THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMBAT THE. NARCO TERRORISTS AND STOP THEM.

FROM POISONING THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE AND DEFEND OUR NATIONAL. INTERESTS AND ALSO, THAT'S IN. THE INTEREST OF ALL THE NATIONS. IN THE HEMISPHERE AS WE SEE THE. UNITED SHIELD OF AMERICAS GOING. AFTER THE CARTELS AND. PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS. AISHAH: TOMMY PIGOTT, GREAT TO. HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW THIS. WEEKEND. ANTHROPIC'S CEO CALLING FOR AN. A.I. SLOWDOWN.