Iran War News: Trump would “preferably take the oil in Iran” | EUROtoday

“To be honest, I would like to take the oil in Iran”says Donald Trump in an interview with the British newspaper “Financial Times”. He provides: “But some stupid people in the US say, ‘Why are you doing this?’ But they are stupid people.” The US military would probably have to take such a step capture the Iranian island of Kharg in the Persian Gulfthrough which around 90 percent of the country’s petroleum exports are processed.

The Pentagon has ordered the deployment of around 10,000 soldiers trained to conquer and secure land, the newspaper reports. However, an attack on the Charg export hub would be risky. “Maybe we’ll take Charg Island, maybe we won’t. We have many options”Trump is quoted by the FT. “It would also mean we would have to stay there (on Charg) for a while.”