Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that he didn\u2019t understand the \u201clogic\u201d behind President Trump\u2019s recent announcement that the U.S. military would begin blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe know we\u2019ve got $4-a-gallon gasoline. We know that 25 percent of the world\u2019s natural gas goes through the strait. We know a lot of aluminum does,\u201d Warner told CNN\u2019s Dana Bash on \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cWe know that this has so devastated Asian countries right now, they\u2019re shutting down their economies one day a week, fertilizer costs up. And the thing I was hoping was we could come to some negotiated truce or end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut, even with that, you\u2019re going to see these energy prices continue at record levels, not for weeks, but months and years. And how blockading the strait gets it open suddenly, I don\u2019t get that logic,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, the president announced that the U.S. military would start blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEffective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The strait has been essentially closed since the beginning of the U.S. conflict against Iran. Iran has also recently charged a toll on ships looking to pass through the strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the wake of a marathon day of negotiations with Iran, Vice President Vance said Saturday that no progress had been made in the direction of a peace agreement. The vice president described the 21 hours of negotiations with Tehran as \u201csubstantive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the good news,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that\u2019s bad news for Iran much more than it\u2019s bad news for the United States of America. So, we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n