Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: With respect to the blockade, as you know, it has been fully implemented, and it's being enforced against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports…this includes all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. And our U.S. Forces in the region are supporting the freedom of navigation for vessels that are transiting the strait, to and from non-Iranian ports.
I think it has to do with refineries, and that the refineries we have are not set up to refine the type of oil we produce. Sounds pretty stupid; probably by design, by those who have wanted to weaken the country.