Trump Touts Strikes on Iran, Downplays Mine Threat in Hormuz

<p>Insight &amp; analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill.<br /><br />Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: <a href="http://bit.ly/3vTiACF">http://bit.ly/3vTiACF</a>.</p> <p>President Donald Trump said he didn&rsquo;t believe Iran was laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and repeated his suggestion that the war would end soon, even as the confirmation of an emergency oil release did little to calm volatile markets.<br /><br />Asked Wednesday whether Iran had laid mines in the strait, Trump told reporters, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t think so.&rdquo; The Islamic Republic has laid about a dozen mines in the waterway, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.<br /><br />Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey speak with:</p> <ul> <li>Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Tyler Kendall.</li> <li>Republican Senator Rand Paul.</li> <li>Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis and Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino.</li> <li>Former Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry.</li> </ul><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>