March 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President Trump said he wanted to take control of Iran's oil and was weighing a military assault to take and occupy Kharg Island, the country's main oil export hub, in order to do it.
Speaking to the Financial Times on Sunday, Trump said seizing Iran's oil was his "favourite thing" and that the move might involve taking and holding the island in the Persian Gulf, adding that he thought American forces would meet little resistance.
"To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran," he said, likening the idea to the military operation in Venezuela in January in which the United States took control of its oil industry and stocks.
Trump derided those in the United States who were skeptical about doing the same in Iran as "stupid people."
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