President Donald Trump has signaled that the United States may move to take control of Iran’s Kharg Island and other critical oil infrastructure, a proposal that would represent one of the most aggressive American military actions in the Middle East in decades.
Kharg Island handles approximately 90% of Iran’s oil exports. Seizing it wouldn’t just cripple Iran’s economy. It would reshape global energy markets overnight.
What Trump actually said
In an interview with the Financial Times around March 29, Trump laid out the idea with characteristic ambiguity.
“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options.”
