Donald Trump said...

If France or some other country wants to get oil or gas, they'll go up through the strait, the Hormuz Strait, they'll go...

We are going to hit [Iran] extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.

we’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong.

I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'