Trump STUNS Iran with reparations REVERSAL
>> Brian: PRESIDENT TRUMP. TURNING THE TABLES ON IRAN. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS. LOOKING MAKE TEHRAN PAY FOR THE. AMERICANS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY. WOUNDED IN IRANIAN ATTACKS. CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT TREY. YINGST IS LIVE IN TEL AVIV WITH. THE LATEST. HEY, TREY. >> YEAH, HEY, BRIAN, GOOD. MORNING. LATE MONDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP. RESPONDED TO IRANIAN DEMANDS FOR. COMPENSATION IN ORDER REOPEN THE.
STRAIT OF HORMUZ THEY ASKED FOR. MONEY FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WE. HAVE DONE. I SAID THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR. MONEY FOR THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE. DONE OVER A PERIOD. MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. AND MAYBE DAMAGES FOR THE 52,000. PROTESTERS OVER THE LAST FOUR. MONTHS THAT WERE KILLED IN IRAN. SO NOW WHAT IS IT? DAMAGES TO BE PAID. I THINK IRAN SHOULD PAY THOSE. DAMAGES. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO POSTED. ON TRUTH SOCIAL IN PARTED SAYING. BUT IT IS AN INTERESTING IDEA.
BECAUSE NOW I AM LIKEWISE. DEMANDING COMPENSATION FROM IRAN. FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY. HAVE KILLED AND GRAYLY WOUNDED. WITH THEIR ROOMS AND MANY. CONFLICTS FOR WHICH THEY'RE. FAMOUS AS LED INITIALLY BY. GENERAL ABSOLUTELY INCLUDING. THOSE KILLED ON THE "U.S.S. COLE" AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. KILLED IN COMBAT. REMARKS COME AS QUESTIONS LOOM. ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A. DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO REOPEN. THE STRAIT. CURRENTLY THE U.S. NAVAL. BLOCKADE REMAINS IN EFFECT, COSTING THE REGIME HUNDREDS OF. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH DAY. STILL THE IRANIANS REMAIN. DEFIANT AS TECHNICAL TALKS.
CONTINUE WITH OMAN. >> AS LONG AS THE U.S.S. NAVAL. BLOCKADE REMAINS IN PLACE, UNDER. U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION. 3314, A NAVAL BLOCKADE DHF KIND. AMOUNTS TO AN ACT OF AGGRESSION. AS LONG AS OTHER U.S. VIOLATIONS. CONTINUE, THE NECESSARY. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE IN PLACE. FOR US TO SAY THAT THE STRAIT OF. HORMRMUZ HAS BECOME A SAFE. WATERWAY. >> MARITIME TRACKING GROUPINGS. SAY THAT AN INCIDENT WAS. RECORDED THIS MORNING IN THE. GULF OF OMAN BETWEEN A VESSEL. AND A MILITARY POSSIBLE CENTCOM.
ACTIVITY THERE. WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING REPORTS OF. A HOUTHI ATTACK ON A COMMERCIAL. VESSEL OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN. WHERE THREE MEMBERS OF A CREW. WERE REPORTEDLY KILLED. NOW, BRIAN, HERE IN ISRAEL. THE MILITARY REMAINS ON HIGH. ALERT THERE ARE UNCERTAIN DAYS. AHEAD. REAL UNDERSTANDING IF A. DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION ISN'T. REACHED WE MAY BE LOOKING AT A. SCENARIO WHERE THERE IS A RETURN. TO COMBAT OPERATIONS, BRIAN? >> Brian: YEP. I CAN'T IMAGINE GOING BA.
