The speaker predicts that two critical maritime choke points will be closed off, isolating the GCC and cutting off global access to cheap energy.

The blocking of the Strait of Hormuz will cause an enormous increase in the price of energy, oil, and gas, with knock-on impacts on food and fertilizer prices.

Essential components for fertilizer, such as phosphorus, come through the Persian Gulf, and fertilizer shortages are already occurring in Asia.

Iran has been threatening to cut off the supply of oil through the Strait of Hormuz region.

The speaker asserts that Iran's entire strategy is to destroy the global economy.

The speaker predicts Saudi Arabia will be a flash point because Iranians are currently attacking it.