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Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkopf. I'm joined by Riley Fessler and Minna Stein.

We're here to talk a little bit about what we're seeing in the news today and even more about what it may mean for tomorrow and beyond.

So, Minna, what do you see it?

Well, we'll start with the story that I think we've started with,

for what feels like our whole lives.

We've been doing...

Wait, Trump?

Is Trump involved?

Unfortunately.

Yeah.

And that story is unfortunately that the U.S. says its blockade has halted nearly all of Iran's sea-based trade,

specifically six merchant ships within 36 hours, using global, naval and surveillance powers to intercept ships far beyond the region.

Reports that the U.S. there are also reports that the U.S. may send thousands more troops to the Middle East, which obviously would be a signal of a further escalation of the war that

I thought we were getting out of. And the U.S. is warning that the conflict could cause a prolonged

energy shock. Don't you worry. Don't you worry about a thing. Okay. The sending of thousands of

troops is a negotiating tactic.

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