Trump TOUTS pressure on Iran: They're 'COMING AROUND'

. >> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. GRIFF: MONICA, THANK YOU FOR. BEING HERE. >> MY PLEASURE, THANKS, GUYS. >> YOU BET. CHARLIE: IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE U.S. SAYS IT'S READY TO. RELEASE MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON. IRAN. JONATHAN HUNT JOINS US FROM TEL. AVIV WITH THE LATEST. GOOD MORNING, JONATHAN. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU GUYS IN. RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP, IRAN ISSUING A. NEW PREDICTBLY BELLIGERENT. STATEMENT TODAY SUGGESTING THAT. GULF NEIGHBORS ARE ALREADY.

LOOKING TO FORWARD TOWARDS A. NEW POST WAR ORDER THAT MIGHT. SIDELINE THE U.S. THE PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER GAL. IBAS SAYING WE LOOK FOR SHAPING. NEW ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE. REGION. THE UNITED STATES PUT THE. SECURITY OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF. ITS ALLIES AT SUCH RISK THROUGH. BULLYING AND PURE DISREGARD FOR. THEIR INTERESTS FOR THE SAKE OF.

ISRAEL. NOW, THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE IS. BEGINNING TO BITE IN IRAN. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. AND THEREFORE, GALABAS COMMENTS. ARE NOT UNIFORMLY SHARED, AND. THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE TIME TO. END THE WAR TODAY AND HE HOPES. THAT THE ULTIMATE LEADERSHIP.

WILL WIN OUT. HERE IS PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> THEY ARE NOW COMING AROUND. BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH THEY. CAN SAY. WHEN A COUNTRY DOESN'T HAVE ANY. LONGER A NAVY, AN AIR FORCE, RADAR, TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT, MANUFACTURING, THEIR LEADERS. ARE GONE, THEIR SECOND SET OF. LEADERS ARE GONE. PARTS OF THEIR THIRD SET OF. THEIR LEADERS. IN FACT, THAT'S ONE OF MY. BIGGEST PROBLEMS, I DON'T KNOW. WHO THE HELL TO DEAL WITH, IT'S. A PROBLEM.

>> NOW, ON MONDAY, TREASURY. SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT WILL. LAY OUT A WHOLE NEW RAFT OF. SANCTIONS TO ISOLATE IRAN. THAT WON'T BE EASY AS YOU LOOK. AT THE MAP THERE. IRAN SHARES LAND BORDERS WITH. SEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES NOT. ALL OF WHOM ARE SYMPATHETIC TO. THE UNITED STATES. TO THE NORTH IS THE CASPIAN SEA. THAT GIVES THEM A ROUTE INTO. AND OUT OF RUSSIA AND. INCREASING USE OF RAIL LINKS. OVER LAND TO CHINA. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

ON MONDAY WHAT PROPOSALS SCOTT. BESSENT MELEE OUT FOR GETTING. RUSSIA AND CHINA ON BOARD WITH. A NEW SANCTIONS REGIME. THOSE TWO, OF COURSE, HAVE VERY. LITTLE INTEREST IN HELPING THE.