Donald Trump has said his preferred move is to “take the oil” from Iran. He made the comment during a recent interview and admitted that doing so would likely require U.S. troops to stay at Kharg Island for a long time, even though he believes taking the island would be “very easily” done.
“To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the U.S. say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” Trump told The Financial Times. This is not a new idea for him – he has been pushing for the U.S. to take Kharg Island for years and even suggested in 1988 that he would “do a number” on it.
