Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade tells oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz: “Show some guts and go through that strait and do it”
Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones: Talking about higher gas prices as a reason to stop the war “is exactly what Iran wants to happen”
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From the March 9, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
LAWRENCE JONES: I would just say real quickly.
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): Yeah.
JONES: I understand that the Democrats have their own political spin on this, but I think they should be careful about some of the talking points that they were releasing. They're talking about the oil prices and the way that it's going to impact and that the president can't last too long. That is exactly what Iran wants to happen. Part of their strategy of this is the propaganda machine that's going out there saying these things, and they believe that if they can get the prices of oil up, that the president would have to draw from — from the conflict. So just, careful, guys.
KILMEADE: And he said they just go to the strategic oil reserve. That's what Joe Biden did to get prices down without a crisis. The administration announced $20 billion maritime reinsurance plan. So he's saying, hey, guys. Even though we get the oil, the market's flush. This is fear. I'm still going to insure your ships, so go through the strait. And, you know, that's just part of it. If you want to diminish the Iranian threat, if you want to make sure that this ends up with complete Iran capitulation, show some guts and go through that strait and do it.