US could capture Iran’s Kharg Island ‘to take the oil’ – Trump

The president believes American forces could “very easily” seize the key export hub

US President Donald Trump is not ruling out the possibility of American forces seizing Iran’s key energy export hub on Kharg Island in order to take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports, he said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.

Trump claimed his “preference” would be for Washington to control Tehran’s oil industry and exports indefinitely...