Trump tells other countries 'go get your own oil' from Strait of Hormuz

[0:00] President Trump has hit out at the UK and other countries telling them to go get their own oil [0:06] from the Strait of Hormuz. In a post of Truth Social he said all of those countries that can't [0:12] get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the UK, which refused to get involved in [0:16] the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you. Number one, buy from the US, we have plenty. [0:23] Number two, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait and just take it. You'll have to start [0:29] learning how to fight for yourself. The USA won't be there to help you anymore, just like you weren't [0:34] there for us. Iran has been essentially decimated, the hard part is done, go get your own oil. [0:42] Well that statement from President Trump comes as Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the King's [0:47] state visit to the US is to go ahead next month as planned. Charles and Queen Camilla's long [0:52] expected historic trip to see President Trump will take place in late April, despite calls for it to [0:57] be postponed because of the ongoing conflict. [0:59] Well we have just been watching Pete Hegseth, US Defence Secretary, and he has reiterated Mr Trump's [1:07] message saying, I think the President was clear this morning in his truth that there are countries [1:12] around the world who ought to be prepared to step up on this critical waterway as well. [1:17] And speaking just a short time ago, he said and claimed that the US is closer than ever to winning [1:22] the war against Iran and that the upcoming days will be decisive. Just one month in, only one [1:30] month. [1:31] I think the President will accept the terms. The upcoming days will be decisive, Iran knows that, [1:35] and there's almost nothing they can militarily do about it. Yes, they will still shoot some missiles, [1:41] but we will shoot them down. Of note, the last 24 hours saw the lowest number of enemy missiles and [1:49] drones fired by Iran. They will go underground, but we will find them. We recently destroyed [1:57] another one of their command bunkers. Leaders forced to flee, no water, no power, no oxygen, [2:03] no command and control. Their faith in their caves, [2:08] diminishing. The latest intel is clear out of CENTCOM. Our strikes are damaging the morale of [2:14] the Iranian military, leading to widespread desertions, key personnel shortages and causing [2:20] frustrations amongst senior leaders. Just last night, we had 200 dynamic strikes alone. Dynamic [2:29] strike is a strike where a pilot leaves and during their flight they get a new target set based on [2:34] real-time intel given to them. A new launcher, a new location, a new troop formation. A dynamic [2:41] target is one that changes while you're in the air because of improved intelligence. 200 dynamic [2:46] strikes alone, in addition to the pre-planned targets. The video the president posted last [2:51] night of Esfahan, an ammo depot struck by US bombers. You see, you don't get to see many of [2:58] those videos because, as a reminder, Iran has still shut off the internet to 99.9% of its [3:05] population. But if Iran is wise, they will cut a deal. President Trump doesn't bluff and he does [3:14] not back down. You can ask Khomeini about that. [3:16] The new Iranian regime should know that by now. This new regime, because regime change has [3:24] occurred, should be wiser than the last. President Trump will make a deal. He is willing. And the [3:32] terms of the deal are known to them. If Iran is not willing, then the United States War Department [3:37] will continue with even more intensity. Pete Hicks is there speaking a short [3:43] time ago at the Pentagon. Let's take you live to Washington. We can join our correspondent there, [3:48] Ione Wells. So much to unpick, Ione, as President Trump once again [3:52] criticising European allies for not getting involved in the conflict [3:56] and telling them to go to the Strait of Hormuz and just take the energy and the oil that they need. [4:03] What did we hear from Pete Hicks on Operation Epic Fury about what is happening in the [4:07] Strait of Hormuz at the moment? Well, certainly, I think he repeated [4:13] some of the same criticisms that we heard from Donald Trump, essentially, in particular, [4:18] taking aim at the Royal Navy. I think a reference there to the United Kingdom's [4:23] Navy. [4:24] Accusing them of not essentially getting involved to help out. Now, clearly, the US [4:30] is looking for a solution because this is choking the global oil industry. We've seen just today in [4:35] the US, average gas prices hit $4. So this is starting to be felt around the country, [4:41] but around the world, too, in terms of the financial markets sliding as well, [4:45] all of which are putting pressure on the US administration to try and find a kind of solution. [4:50] Now, at the moment, Iran is controlling traffic in and out of the Strait of [4:54] Hormuz and is charging any vessels millions of dollars if they want to get in or out. [5:00] Now, that is something which the US wants to negotiate a way, essentially. [5:05] What's interesting, though, is we just heard there from Hegseth talking about [5:09] Iran knowing the terms of the deal that the US wants to strike. Now, the US, [5:14] as far as we know, had previously set out various things it was willing to negotiate on. [5:18] This included, for example, essentially the end of Iran's, any [5:24] ambitions of a nuclear program, a severe reduction in its missile capacity as well. [5:31] Iran, though, has previously said that it wants, for example, negotiations around [5:36] having sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz in the way that it has at the moment, [5:40] or wants to negotiate around compensation for the damage that has been done during this war. [5:45] So it does seem that we are hearing these increasingly contradictory statements about [5:49] what potential terms of negotiations may be, but also whether talks are actually even happening. [5:54] At the moment, Pete Hegseth doubled down on the US's claim that talks are ongoing, [5:59] that there's constructive progress underway. But all that we've heard out of Iran so far [6:03] suggests that there aren't even any formal negotiations that have started so far. [6:07] What about the timing of the conflict only because Pete Hegseth said different things [6:12] about what victory could look like. And he said, as long as this ends on the terms that the US has [6:18] laid out, how did he deal with some of those questions about how long the conflict could go on [6:23] for? Yeah, I mean, they, you know, they, they, I mean, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, [6:25] they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, [6:25] Yeah, I mean, they have repeatedly talked about a possible timeline of four to six weeks or so, [6:31] but also set out these objectives that they want to meet in order to consider, [6:36] from the U.S.'s perspective, this war over, which have been, as I say, a kind of complete [6:42] prevention of Iran ever having a nuclear weapon in future, of essentially getting rid of its [6:47] naval capacity, of severely reducing its ability to fire missiles, ballistic missiles as well. [6:54] But I think where the terms of this have slightly changed is that, initially, I think the U.S. was [7:01] clearly angling for regime change, something which Pete Hegseth says has happened, although, [7:06] as far as we're aware, the Iranian regime is still in power there. We don't exactly know who it is [7:12] that the U.S. says it is negotiating with. And I think one thing that isn't very clear at the [7:19] moment, as I say, is that, on the one hand, you have the U.S. saying that it is carrying out these [7:23] talks, that it is carrying out these talks, that it is carrying out these talks, and that it is [7:24] carrying out these talks, that it is carrying out these talks, that it is carrying out these talks, [7:24] if Iran makes a deal, that will be the way for this to end. But as far as we know, Iran says that [7:29] those talks aren't ongoing. And I think Iran will want to be clear that it is not prepared to [7:34] necessarily just come to the negotiating table only on the U.S.'s terms, not least because I [7:40] think Iran is also skeptical of the fact that, in the past, when there have been negotiations ongoing [7:47] over reaching some kind of nuclear deal, notably last June, for example, Iran then did come under [7:54] attack by the U.S. [7:54] by the U.S. and Israel. So I think there is sort of skepticism from the Iranian side about whether [7:58] talks will be a front for further military attacks, for example. At the moment, we are hearing this [8:05] sort of two-pronged approach from both Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump, which is, on the one hand, [8:09] we want a deal, we want Iran to come to the negotiating table, they know what the terms are [8:13] that we've set in front of them. On the other hand, though, this threat that if they don't, [8:19] this conflict will escalate further. And we've heard a taste of what that might look like from [8:23] Pete Hegseth, but also, you know, I think it's a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, [8:24] very, very, very interesting analysis. Also from Donald Trump, too, who has talked about [8:26] potentially targeting electricity production plants, oil wells, even potentially seizing [8:33] Haag Island, the main oil export hub in Iran, too. So these sort of threats of further escalation [8:39] have been dangled as well by the U.S. increasingly, if there isn't some kind of deal reached.