Chris Wright: “But those are coming.”

He knew it was going to elevate energy prices in the short run, he said, 'I'm going to take a hit there, but I got to do the right thing.

There's different ways to look at it. He's always looking, 'How do I lower energy prices? How do I lower heating prices, electricity prices, gasoline prices, diesel prices?

He was well aware of the risk to energy flows that were coming out of the Persian Gulf region.

I think things are going reasonably well there but the flip side is, you have to look at every wrench you’ve got to bring a murderous conflict to an end.