US President Donald Trump has told the Financial Times newspaper that he wants to “take the oil” in Iran and said Washington could capture the Iranian export hub on Kharg island.
Trump compared the potential move to the US approach in Venezuela, where he noted Washington’s intention to control the oil industry “indefinitely” following the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro in January.
“To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” he said.
“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump told the FT. “It would also mean we had to be there [in Kharg Island] for a while.”
When asked about the state of Iranian defence on Kharg Island he said: “I don’t think they have any defence. We could take it very easily.
Oil prices are heading for a record monthly rise, bringing a spike in inflation and the risk of recession to much of the globe, according to a data monitor. AlJazeera reported.
Brent crude rose 2.98 percent to $115.93 a barrel as of 00:00 GMT on Monday, bringing its gains to more than 62 percent compared to February 27, according to oilprice.com, topping the jump that followed Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Meanwhile, US WTI crude climbed 3.01 percent to $102.64, gaining 65.29 percent since February 27.
