Fox & Friends on European jet fuel shortage: “They didn't care about us. Should we care about them running out of jet fuel?”

Lawrence Jones: “It's their own fault. ... And now they're suffering the consequences.”

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From the April 23, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends

BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): And just overall, we're gonna wait it out and wait for — to break Iran. But it looks like, in terms of jet fuel, there's a global crunch. They say Europe has only about six weeks worth of jet fuel left. One-fifth of all the jet fuel comes through the strait. Nothing's getting through there.

LAWRENCE JONES (CO-HOST): It's their own fault. If they would have got involved, the European — and they would have had a united front with the United States — then we could have opened up the strait a lot sooner. But now, as they told the president, they said they want to get involved after the conflict was over. And now they're suffering the consequences.

AINSLEY EARHEARDT (CO-HOST): Yeah. They didn't care about us. Should we care about them running out of jet fuel? I mean, it is a global issue, but...