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Presenter says Gulf and adjacent strait will "open" and insists on "no nuclear weapons"

April 11, 2026 | Department of State, Executive, Federal


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Presenter says Gulf and adjacent strait will "open" and insists on "no nuclear weapons"
A presenter in the provided transcript said opposing forces had been "militarily defeated" and predicted the Gulf and a nearby international strait would "open up" soon, while insisting any deal must include "no nuclear weapons." The speaker made the remarks across a short series of statements recorded in the transcript.

The presenter said, "They're militarily defeated, and now, we're gonna open up The Gulf, with them with or without them," and later added, "No nuclear weapons. Never. That's 99% of it." The transcript also contains successive declarative claims about opposing forces: "The Navy's gone. The Air Force is gone. All anti aircraft is gone. The leaders are gone. The whole place is gone." These assertions were delivered without supporting evidence or cited sources in the transcript.

The speaker named "JD and Steve and Jared" as "a good team" who 'meet tomorrow,' but gave no roles, titles or affiliations for those individuals. When asked about a backup plan, the presenter replied, "It's gonna be open. You don't need a backup plan," and reiterated confidence that the strait would reopen "fairly soon." The transcript also records: "they've been talking for 47 years with other presidents," after which the presenter said they would "have to see what happens tomorrow."

The transcript repeatedly refers to a strategic waterway using the phrasing "the Strait" and once uses the term transcribed as "Strait Of Horners." Based on common geographic usage, that phrase appears to refer to the Strait of Hormuz; the article uses the standard name "Strait of Hormuz" while noting the transcript's original wording. The presenter also said "the Israelis don't forget, we don't use the strait. Other countries use the strait," suggesting the speaker distinguished U.S. (or speaker-side) usage from other nations' shipping activity.

The transcript contains several forceful operational claims — including that the adversary's missile and air capabilities have been degraded — but provides no supporting evidence, cited reports or identified officials to corroborate those statements. The presenter repeatedly framed these as factual statements rather than proposals or conditional projections.

The remarks in the transcript contain no formal motion, vote or specified next procedural step. The speaker ended the sequence of remarks by saying, "Thank you very much."

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