Trump Disputes Iran’s Hormuz Control | Balance of Power: Early Edition 5/27/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington
Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss President Donald
Trump’s cabinet meeting at the White House. On today’s show, Cohen Group
Senior Adviser Jen Gavito, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting
Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and American Airlines CEO Robert
Isom.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Balance of Power: Early Edition
00:04:04 – Trump on Iran: It Really is Regime Change
00:11:56 – Trump Says Nobody Will Control Hormuz but US Will Watch Over It
00:16:46 – Trump: Not Sure We Should Make Iran Deal If No Abraham Accords
00:21:12 – Trump on Iran: It Really is Regime Change
00:22:02 – Trump on Iran: When They Behave We’ll Let Them Have Their Money
00:22:38 – Trump: Gas Tax Holidays is Something We Might Talk About
00:23:03 – US Airlines Face Rising Fuel Costs
00:24:28 – American Airlines CEO: People Want to Travel
00:26:28 – American Airlines CEO: Seeing "Tremendous" Demand for Travel
00:30:36 – American Airlines CEO: Still Projecting 2025 Level of Profitability in 2026
00:33:59 – Trump: Not Sure We Should Make Iran Deal If No Abraham Accords
00:36:22 – Nasa: Have a lot of Ability to Put Mass on the Moon’s Surface
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