President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would like to "take the oil in Iran" and is considering seizing the export hub of Kharg Island, which is responsible for more than 90% of Iran's oil exports.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump said his "preference would be to take the oil."
"To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the U.S. say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people," he said.
The interview marks some of Trump's most direct comments about his thinking on what to do with Iran's oil.
In an interview with NBC News this month, Trump sidestepped answering whether he had plans to try to take Iran’s oil.
“You look at Venezuela,” he said. “People have thought about it, but it’s too soon to talk about that.”
