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groundloop

(13,914 posts)
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:07 AM Apr 4

Trump says with more time, US can 'take the oil' in Iran

Source: Aljazeera

Donald Trump has suggested that the United States is looking to seize Iran’s oil industry, appearing to argue that more time is needed for the war.

“With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE,” the US president wrote in a social media post on Friday.

[....]

Trump has been promising for weeks that the US will reopen the strait soon. One month ago, he said that US Navy ships would accompany oil ships through the strategic waterway.

[....]

The US president appeared to double down on his call later on Friday. “KEEP THE OIL, ANYONE?” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/trump-says-with-more-time-us-can-take-the-oil-in-iran

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Trump says with more time, US can 'take the oil' in Iran (Original Post) groundloop Apr 4 OP
So that's the mission. C_U_L8R Apr 4 #1
Said the ignorant drunk at the end of the bar... Chasstev365 Apr 4 #2
He needs to shut his pie hole. Nt BootinUp Apr 4 #3
90,000,000 Iranians say "Fuck that!" Swede Apr 4 #4
There it is in plain view.............. Lovie777 Apr 4 #5
Grand Larceny is the billionaire's way /nt bucolic_frolic Apr 4 #6
Seize Iran's oil fields . . . AverageOldGuy Apr 4 #7
Iraq's oil was supposedly going to pay for Dubya's war. Norrrm Apr 4 #13
Imbecile AWOL Bush's crooked regime paved the way for republicans to install Mysterian Apr 4 #27
Two more weeks? Javaman Apr 4 #8
Trump isn't a president, he's a mob boss. sop Apr 4 #9
Always has been travelingthrulife Apr 4 #15
But if you steal one quart of oil at Walmart you get arrested. twodogsbarking Apr 4 #10
I find it more than a little alarming... GiqueCee Apr 4 #11
All it will take is more Iranian children dying and the lives of American "losers". Wonder Why Apr 4 #12
All about stealing their oil, as usual. travelingthrulife Apr 4 #14
I hope nobody here is surprised by this JoseBalow Apr 4 #16
MAGAts will be a-okay with that Bayard Apr 4 #17
You have to hand it to him: he's not even bothering with the idiotic, Aristus Apr 4 #18
What this War is about. republianmushroom Apr 4 #19
Fortune for who, exactly? tonekat Apr 4 #20
Just as most of us with more than two brain cells to rub together figured. mwmisses4289 Apr 4 #21
But I thought we weren't going to open up the Straights of Homuz Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 4 #22
Just like Iraq and Venezuela? IronLionZion Apr 4 #23
Everything Trump says is a lie. Martin68 Apr 4 #24
Sometimes Trump hits the truth by accident. Norrrm Apr 4 #34
I never thought I would be ruled by pirates!! Hope22 Apr 4 #25
the very idea an American president is ranting war plans on social fucking media Skittles Apr 4 #26
Sounds like something a convicted felon would say. Emile Apr 4 #28
Take the oil lapfog_1 Apr 4 #29
Wow just stealing crap. How did no one ever think of that? underpants Apr 4 #30
So we know, one, that's a lie. sakabatou Apr 4 #31
Openly bragging about stealing another country's assets. Irish_Dem Apr 4 #32
So his goal LilElf70 Apr 4 #33

C_U_L8R

(49,534 posts)
1. So that's the mission.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:11 AM
Apr 4

The criminal is gonna steal shit. Of course.
He could have said it from the start instead of all the bullshit.
Everyone knew.

Swede

(40,086 posts)
4. 90,000,000 Iranians say "Fuck that!"
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:23 AM
Apr 4

Who is gonna be safe working in this magical kingdom, Donald?

Lovie777

(23,747 posts)
5. There it is in plain view..............
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:30 AM
Apr 4

and the reason why the US attacked Iran.

It wasn't for the "concern" for protesters, nor the well being for the citizens of Iran.

Acquiring the rights to Iran's oil was the only objective while shithole's family is planning for resorts in Gaza and elsewhere in the ME.

AverageOldGuy

(4,175 posts)
7. Seize Iran's oil fields . . .
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 08:38 AM
Apr 4

. . . the same way The Dick Cheney and Halliburton seized Iraq's oil fields??? That ended well.

Norrrm

(5,596 posts)
13. Iraq's oil was supposedly going to pay for Dubya's war.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 09:39 AM
Apr 4

Has anyone seen the bank statements on that?

Mysterian

(6,629 posts)
27. Imbecile AWOL Bush's crooked regime paved the way for republicans to install
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 04:49 PM
Apr 4

an even crazier psychopath in Donald Trump. And the propaganda masters made it all happen. No accountability for those who lied us into a needless and costly war. "Let's do it again," said the billionaire robber barons. "The gullible peons have been brainwashed to cheer for everything we want to do."

GiqueCee

(4,746 posts)
11. I find it more than a little alarming...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 09:35 AM
Apr 4

... to hear the supposed President of the United States openly brag about usurping another country's natural resources for his own profit. But then, that's the exact same bullshit the US pulled back in 1953, when they agreed to help Britain do the same thing by deposing the democratically elected president of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, putting him under house arrest, and installing "Shah" Reza Pahlavi and his version of Trump's personal Gestapo, ICE, the notoriously savage SAVAK.
Trump's America is rapidly turning into Putin's Russia, and Republicans are just fine with it. Fuckin' traitors.
The Manchurian Candidate 2.0 needs to be dealt with harshly.

JoseBalow

(9,742 posts)
16. I hope nobody here is surprised by this
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:11 AM
Apr 4

When has drumpf ever done anything that isn't only about his own greedy self-enrichment?

Aristus

(72,525 posts)
18. You have to hand it to him: he's not even bothering with the idiotic,
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 11:39 AM
Apr 4

paper-thin attempts at justification the B*sh administration foisted on the American people. “Those poor Iraqis! We have to liberate them! They will greet us with kisses and candy and flowers and it will be World War II all over again!”

And it was just a greedy oil-grab.

mwmisses4289

(4,735 posts)
21. Just as most of us with more than two brain cells to rub together figured.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 12:10 PM
Apr 4

Oil and rare earth minerals.
Greedy damn idgit, that's what he is.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,470 posts)
22. But I thought we weren't going to open up the Straights of Homuz
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 02:20 PM
Apr 4

How are we going to get the oil when it's not open Donny Shit-for-brains?

Norrrm

(5,596 posts)
34. Sometimes Trump hits the truth by accident.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 07:05 PM
Apr 4

He said if I voted for Hillary, there would be a crook in the WH.

Nailed it!

Hope22

(4,882 posts)
25. I never thought I would be ruled by pirates!!
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 04:38 PM
Apr 4

Take my vote, use my tax money to steal from and kill others. This feels more and more like hell every day!

Skittles

(172,892 posts)
26. the very idea an American president is ranting war plans on social fucking media
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 04:48 PM
Apr 4

it's fucking DEMENTED

lapfog_1

(31,981 posts)
29. Take the oil
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 04:51 PM
Apr 4

where exactly?

please explain in detail the logistics of "taking oil"... please tell me how you will take it, where you will take it, how will you store it, how you will process it into useful fuels, and then use it? Please detail the time frame that this will happen.

fucking idiot

sakabatou

(46,341 posts)
31. So we know, one, that's a lie.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:20 PM
Apr 4

Two, it was about oil and other resources. Three, possibly to score points with Putin.

LilElf70

(1,643 posts)
33. So his goal
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:58 PM
Apr 4

is to STEAL oil from Iran? Aren't we taught as children "not to steal". What a good example he is for the kiddies. Gee, what a president.

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