Trump Threatens To ‘Take’ Iran’s Oil By Invading Kharg Island – The Cradle

March 30, 2026 TheMcgwire

Trump Threatens To ‘Take’ Iran’s Oil By Invading Kharg Island

Iran’s armed forces have reinforced the defenses of the island through which 90 percent of Tehran’s oil exports flow

US President Donald Trump threatened on 30 March to invade Iran’s Kharg Island and take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports.

“To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran, but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they are stupid people,” Trump told the Financial Times (FT) in an interview on Sunday.

“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we do not. We have a lot of options,” Trump added, noting if US forces take the island, they would have to “be there for a while.”

REPORTER: “What’s your plan for Kharg Island?”

REPORTER: “What’s your plan for Kharg Island?”

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “I may have a plan or I may not, but how would I ever say that to a reporter?"

"If I said that to a reporter, Marco would say, ‘please, sir let's bring you over to the helicopter immediately.’ Right? I can't tell… pic.twitter.com/iLcgj7lWOo
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 20, 2026

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “I may have a plan or I may not, but how would I ever say that to a reporter?”

“If I said that to a reporter, Marco would say, ‘please, sir let’s bring you over to the helicopter immediately.’ Right? I can’t tell you that.”

Kharg Island provides a seaport for the export of up to 90 percent of Iran’s oil products and supplies storage for up to 30 million barrels of oil.

The island lies close to several offshore oil fields, including the Faridun, Darius, Cyrus, and Ardasir fields.

Trump explained he wants the US to take control of Iran’s oil industry and exports indefinitely, as it did in Venezuela in January when US special forces raided Caracas and kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.

Revenue from Venezuelan exports is now placed in a bank account in Qatar overseen by US officials.

Trump’s comments come as the US military has accelerated the deployment of thousands of Marines and Navy personnel to West Asia.

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