WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has intensified his rhetoric regarding a potential seizure of Iran’s Kharg Island, vowing to take the major oil terminal in the “not too distant future” to “assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets.” While the president has used social media to escalate threats against the island, he has also acknowledged the complications of a ground invasion.

The United States President, Donald Trump, has threatened a new round of military strikes against Iran, declaring that the U.S. would hit the country “very hard” and eventually…

Trump said the forthcoming operations to take over Iran's oil infrastructure, and its oil and gas markets, would be similar to U.S. actions in Venezuela.