Trump reveals his BIGGEST PROBLEM with Iran

MIKE: NEARLY SIX MONTHS SINCE. THE FIRST U.S. STRIKES ON IRAN, THE TWO SIDES ARE NO LONGER. FIRING AT EACH OTHER, BUT. THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF PEACE. TALKS. IRAN ON SATURDAY DENOUNCED PLANS. FOR NEW U.S. SANCTIONS THAT. COULD FURTHER STRAIN ITS ECONOMY. AND IMPACT KEY TRADING PARTNERS. INCLUDING CHINA. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST HAS THE LATEST FROM TELL. ASTRIVE -- TEL AVIV. HI, TREY. >> Reporter: REPORTS INDICATE.

CROSSINGS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ ARE UP 400 OVER THE PAST. TWO WEEKS AS THE U.S. IS. OVERSEEING VESSELS CURRENTLY. TUCK IN THE PERSIAN GULF OUT. THROUGH A SAFE SOUTHERN PASSAGE. THE PASSAGE ALLOWS FOR MILLIONS. OF BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL TO BE. EXPORTED EACH DAY. IN THE BACKDROP, THERE IS AN. ONGOING U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE AND. FRESH SANCTIONS FOR IRAN NEXT. WEEK. [SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]. >> TRANSLATOR: OUR RESPONSE, OUR. RETALIATION WILL BE SIGH ELEVEN. FIRST, W WE WILL TELL OWL.

NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND. COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD NOT. TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES IN ITS. ECONOMIC WAR. ANY COUNTRY THAT TAKES PART IN. IMPOSING ECONOMIC RESTRICTIONS. ON US WILL BE REGARDED AS AN. ENEMY. OF COURSE, WE WILL FIRST. NEGOTIATE WITH THEM, TELL THEM. TO STEP ASIDE AND DISTANCE. THEMSELVES FROM THE UNITED. STATES. BUT IF THEY DO NOT ACT, WE WILL. STRIKE. WE WILL TARGET THAT COUNTRY'S. INTERESTS. >> Reporter: IRAN'S PARLIAMENT. SPEAKER MOHAMED GHALIBAF POSTED. TO X OVER THE WEEKEND SAYING. WE'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS MESSAGES.

FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ABOUT. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AND. ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE. REGION. THE UNITED STATES PUT THE. SECURITY OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF. ITS AT ALLIES AT SUCH RISK. THROUGH BULLYING AND PURE. DISREGARD FOR THEIR FOREIGN. INTERESTS FOR THE SAKE OF. ISRAEL. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE UNITED. STATES IS HAVING TROUBLE. FIGURING OUT WHO TO DEAL WITH. INSIDE OF IRAN. >> IN FACT, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE. OF MY BIGGEST PROBLEMS, I DON'T. KNOW WHO THE HELL TO DEAL WITH. IT'S A PROBLEM. THE ONLY COUNTRY. IN THE WORLD WHERE NOBODY WANTS.

TO BE PRESIDENT. [LAUGHTER]. THEY SAY, WHO WANTS TO BE. PRESIDENT? OH, NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE --. [LAUGHTER]. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A. PROBLEM. >> Reporter: THE U.S. MILITARY. PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS. EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITH NO CLEAR. PATH FORWARD IN THE CONFLICT. WITH IRAN. THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS. HEADING HOME AFTER BEING. DEPLOYED FOR 274 DAYS. THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER MADE ITS. LAST PORT CALL IN DECEMBER, BREAKING A NAVY RECORD. RIGHT NOW THE REGION IS STUCK IN.

A CYCLE OF STRIKES AND. STATEMENTS WITH NO END IN SIGHT, BUT AS FOR THE IRANIAN ECONOMY, TODAY THE REAL REACHED 2 MILLI.