Hi, everyone. It's 4 o'clock here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez in for Nicole Wallace.

Day 21 of the war in Iran, and here's where things stand. Iranian attacks on oil and gas facilities

means that the oil supply crisis shows no signs of letting up.

Gas prices today are 30 cents higher than they were a week before, and a prediction by Saudi Arabia

is raising fears of a recession. As for Donald Trump, he is lashing out at NATO allies for not

helping the U.S. in the war he started without consulting them. And an additional

deployment of U.S. Marines to the region is leading everyone to ask are boots on the ground next.

The Wall Street Journal was the first to report that 2,200 to 2,500 Marines are being sent from

California. That is the second time in a week that the Pentagon has sent Marines to the region.

Already, 50,000 troops have been deployed. Donald Trump said he would not put troops on the ground,

but hedged immediately telling a reporter, quote, if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you.

Four sources with knowledge of the issue tell Axios that the Trump

administration is considering plans to seize Karg Island, which sits 15 miles off the shore of Iran.

It handles 90% of Iran's oil exports. The goal? To pressure Iran to let ships carrying oil go through

the strait of R moves and ease the energy

crisis. Axios warns that, quote, there's no guarantee that taking it would convince

Tehran to make peace on Trump's terms. Of course, what Trump's terms are, well, that's still unclear.

It's not even clear if Trump wants to end the war. In a brand new interview,

Trump told our colleague Stephanie Ruhl, quote, I think I could leave right now. And it would take

them 10 years to rebuild. But I don't think that's an acceptable situation. Trump also shied away

from an original stated goal of regime change saying that the, quote, major thing is that Iran cannot have a

nuclear weapon. Shortly after that, Trump seemed to suggest that peace talks are not even possible.

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