13 hours ago Leavitt says US blockade of Iranian ports remains in place, Trump has ‘all options on the table’ Outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the US military blockade in the Arabian Sea will continue during her final job interview Thursday with Fox & Friends. “As commander in chief, he, of course, continues to keep all options on the table,” he said, referring to President Donald Trump, “and the naval blockade remains in place as well, which has greatly demonstrated. seizures of illegal oil exports that the Treasury Scott Bessent announced on Monday. “And of course, this follows Operation Epic Fury, which was extremely successful in completely diminishing the Iranian regime’s military, annihilating its navy, its air force and really crippling its military infrastructure,” Leavitt said. “President Trump’s number one goal has been, and always will be, is to ensure that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon, period. And that’s why we had Operation Epic Fury to destroy its military. Now we have Operation Economic Pariah to destroy its economy. There are no negotiations taking place right now, and this will continue until the president feels that maybe they come to the table in a meaningful way. “I look forward to spending more time with them, but continuing to serve the president as a senior foreign advisor. “I appreciate that you still want me to stay, in a way that I can spend more time with the family,” she told Fox & Friends.
