Pete Hegseth: To Open the Strait of Hormuz, Trump Had to Close It

Pete Hegseth told Congress today that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a genius strategic move. 41% of our Navy is parked there.

*SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT* Pete Hegseth testified before Congress today.

He called blockading the Strait of Hormuz a genius strategic move.

Eighty years of American foreign policy built around keeping the Strait of Hormuz OPEN.

Hegseth and Trump decided, nah, let's keep it closed. GENIUS!

🇺🇸 41% of America's active Navy — all in one waterway

🛳️ Three aircraft carrier groups

💣 Ten guided missile destroyers

🪖 50,000 troops in the Persian Gulf

📉 Tanker traffic: Down to 0.

One coup. One Shah. One torture pipeline.

All so the oil would flow.

Now we're blockading it ourselves.That's the genius.

*In this episode:*

🔘 The 41 percent stat the press buried

🔘 1953: when Iran said the oil belonged to Iran

🔘 The Shah, the SAVAK, the fingernails

🔘 What "projecting power" means in 2026

🔑 Key figures: Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump, Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Shah of Iran, Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.

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📚 Chapters:

⚓ 0:00 — 41% of America's Navy is now in one strait

🛳️ 0:23 — Three carrier groups for one waterway

💣 0:34 — Ten destroyers, two assault ships, one lie

📊 1:00 — The number Pentagon hoped you'd miss

🎤 1:09 — Hegseth: "A tremendous success"

🚫 1:26 — "No one sails without our permission"

🪖 1:44 — 50,000 troops to stop the oil we sell

😡 2:08 — "You get off killing Muslims, Mr. Secretary"

🏛️ 2:16 — 70 years of policy torched in one hearing

💰 2:43 — Trillions spent so this would never happen

🇮🇷 2:59 — 1953: when Iran said the oil was theirs

👑 3:24 — The Shah America installed to keep it ours

🩸 3:47 — Fingernails pulled to keep the pipeline open

⚡ 4:19 — Schwarzkopf's father taught them the wiring

🎯 5:04 — "To project power" means blockading ourselves

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