Trump: “If it were up to me, I’d take the oil”
April 6, 2026
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as posted by the channelPresident Trump on Monday reiterated his warning that the U.S. could strike Iran's infrastructure — including power plants and bridges — if the country does not agree to a deal.
"We are obliterating that country. And I hate to do to it, but we're obliterating and they just don't want to say 'uncle,'" he told reporters at the White House Easter Egg Roll. "But they will. And if they don't, they'll have no bridges, they'll have no power plants, they'll have no anything. I won't go further because there are other things that are worse than those two."
The president added that if it were up to him, he would "keep the oil" in Iran, calling it "there for the taking," but said Americans would prefer bringing U.S. troops home.
"There's not a thing they can do about it," he said of Iran. "Unfortunately, the American people would like to see us to come home. If it were up to me, I'd take the oil. I'd keep the oil. I would make plenty of money."
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