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President Trump in his cabinet presser late last week mentioned a type of gift from Iran

in the form of 8 to 10 tankers being allowed through the strait.

What does that tell you?

Well, first, that hasn't been confirmed.

I mean, I looked at that myself and it doesn't seem to be an indication that that many tankers

were released.

What's going on right now with Iran is Iran is kind of running the strait like a toll

booth.

They're letting ships both in and out.

And if one of the U.S. objectives was to ensure the free passage of ships through the Strait

of Hormuz, that currently isn't happening.

Because Iran is able to control it.

They're actually having ships sail through their territorial waters.

And according to reports, maybe even paying a toll of up to two million U.S. dollars.