Kevin Hassett Strait of Hormuz comment

    by Not A Charm: Iran

    Kevin Hassett offered an unconventional perspective on the Strait of Hormuz, saying, "One of the ways to think about the straits is that there are a bunch of guys living in caves that live in the straits that may or may not be in steady communication with the people we are." He made the remarks while discussing the situation with Iran. The full clip is available at

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    One of the ways to think about the straits is that there are a bunch of guys living in caves that live in the straits that may or may not be in steady communication with the people that we're negotiating with who have stuff, you know, like little better than a rubber band that they could shoot at a boat. And whether there be a few more of those or not is something that nobody knows. But the bottom line is that there are very good faith negotiations going on with leaders that Jared and Steve trust. And we expect very much that this is going to be something that cruises TO NORMALCY SOMETIME REALLY, REALLY SOON.