Trump reportedly wants to 'take the oil in Iran' as Tehran targets water, power facilities in Kuwait

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNBC

Published Sun, Mar 29 2026 8:56 PM EDT Updated An Hour Ago


U.S. President Donald Trump said he could “take the oil in Iran” and seize Iran’s export hub of Kharg Island, as hostilities in the Middle East continue for a fifth week.

Trump told the Financial Times on Sunday that his “preference would be to take the oil,” comparing it to the U.S. military operation in Venezuela earlier this year where the U.S. effectively gained control of the Latin American country’s oil industry, following the capture of its leader Nicolás Maduro.

The Trump administration has weighed sending ground forces to the Kharg Island, according to Reuters, with one of its sources warning that such an operation would be “very risky.” Tehran has the ability to reach the island with missiles and drones. In the FT interview, Trump said that “my favourite 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.”

“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump said. “It would also mean we had to be there [in Kharg Island] for a while.”

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/30/trump-iran-oil-middle-east-war-israel-us-kuwait-attack-.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. A new Bond Villain: Oil Finger

[Irish_Dem]

2. This is the entire point for Trump. Smash and grab heist.

It is a criminal operation funded by the US taxpayer.

[tetedur]

3. The US could take the export hub, but the oil being pumped to Kharg Island will be cut off on the mainland.

Malcolm Nance said the soldiers can seize the island, have their photo op and then they will have to get back on their helicopters and leave. There will be nothing to "take". At that point no country will have any oil from Iran. Does anyone think China might have something to say about that situation?

[AverageOldGuy]

4. Take the oil in Iran?

Same as we took the oil in Iraq? That worked out really well.

[Miguelito Loveless]

5. It should be noted

that the Child Rapist has yet to take the oil in Venezuela. The US oil sheiks want nothing to do with Venezuela.

[twodogsbarking]

6. We've got oil at home.

[NickB79]

7. And oil hits $116/barrel on that admission

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/business/oil-prices-rise-116-iran-intl

[SamuelAdams]

8. He keeps claiming we are energy independent and gas was very cheap.

Why are we wasting hundreds of billions to steal other countries' oil if everything was great here? All trying to seize Kharg Island is going to do is lead to slaughtered Americans.