Khaberni - US President Donald Trump has once again stirred controversy regarding his plans to seize Iranian oil, which strictly emphasizes his economic perspective on the military crisis in the Middle East.
In his latest posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote "With more time, we can easily open the Strait of Hormuz, seize the oil, and achieve a huge fortune." He added that this "would represent a massive oil flow to the world."
This is not the first time that Trump has expressed his desire to control the Iranian oil reserves, among many statements he said in an interview with the Financial Times last Sunday, that his preferred option is "to seize the oil."
Trump compared the potential move to the situation in Venezuela, indicating that the United States intends to control the Venezuelan oil industry "indefinitely," following the American operation that led to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The US President has hinted on more than one occasion - including his interview with the Financial Times - at the possibility of seizing Khark Island, which is considered the beating heart of the Iranian economy, as it houses the country’s most important crude oil export station, and alone accounts for about 90% of Iranian oil exports to the world.
The first speech since the beginning of the war
This comes after Trump's speech last Wednesday, which he directed at the nation - as promoted - in which he defended his way of dealing with the war he launched more than a month ago in cooperation with Israel against Iran, promising at the same time more strong attacks on it.
In his first speech since the start of the war on Iran on February 28th, the US President said that the American military is close to accomplishing its mission named "Epic Fury," renewing his threat to bomb the Islamic Republic and send it back to the Stone Age.
Trump added, facing a wary American public opinion about the war and a decline in his popularity ratings in polls, that the United States has destroyed the Iranian naval and air forces, crippled Iran's ballistic missile program and its nuclear program, and that it will continue to hit them "with great force" during the next two or three weeks.
Despite his talk that the American military would soon complete its goals, he did not provide a specific timeline for the cessation of combat activities.
He mentioned that the war might escalate if Iranian leaders do not comply with American terms during negotiations, with the possibility of striking Iran's energy and oil infrastructure.
Perhaps Trump's repetition of threats and inconsistent messages in his statements does not contribute to the resolution of the financial markets' turmoil and calming the fears of the American public, which has not notably supported the largest military operation of his country since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Nor were his comments clear about whether American military operations would end even before Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway that Iran has tightened control of, causing one of the worst global energy crises in history.
Instead, he repeated his call for countries dependent on Gulf oil to take on the burden of reopening and securing the waterway, pointing out that the United States "does not need energy supplies from the region".
