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Middle East crisis live: Trump says he wants to ‘take the oil’ in Iran and could seize Kharg Island ‘easily’

Middle East crisis live: Trump says he wants to ‘take the oil’ in Iran and could seize Kharg Island ‘easily’

Published: March 30, 2026 · The Guardian

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US president tells Financial Times his ‘preference would be to take the oil’ but that ‘some stupid people back in the US say: why are you doing that?’