Trump May Try to Seize Kharg Island

“President Trump is weighing a seizure of Iran’s critical oil depot on Kharg Island — a move that would require U.S. boots on the ground — if tankers remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf,” Axios reports.

“Trump is drawn to the idea of seizing Kharg Island outright because it would constitute ‘an economic knockout of the regime’ — essentially defunding Tehran.”

“But the move would require boots on the ground and could trigger Iranian retaliatory strikes against oil facilities and pipelines across Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia.”