Overview
- On Wednesday’s CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, Kevin O’Leary defended President Trump’s war in Iran as Bakari Sellers challenged him on who benefits in the U.S.
- O’Leary said he could “guarantee” the Strait of Hormuz would reopen under regional policing and claimed Iran now stood isolated on the world stage.
- He argued the conflict would unlock fast‑growing Middle East markets for U.S. goods, saying that long‑term sales opportunities justify short‑term costs.
- Sellers called the defense “a bunch of nothing” and “BS,” pressing O’Leary to name clear gains for people in states like South Carolina, Nebraska, and Ohio right now.
- HuffPost noted gas prices have jumped more than 50% since the initial February attack and farmers worry about costlier fertilizer tied to the strait’s closure, context that outlets used as they recapped the heated exchange.