Trump Says U.S. Will Seize Iran’s Kharg Island

President Trump said the U.S. military will attack Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” and will soon take over the country’s “oil infrastructure points,” CNBC reports. 

He said an operation to “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas markets and infrastructure, including taking Kharg Island, will occur “at some point in the not too distant future.”

Bloomberg: “Trump comments threaten further escalation which risks derailing slow-moving talks over a peace agreement. Taking Kharg Island would likely require the use of US ground forces, which would put servicemembers in greater danger and pose political challenges for the president, as the war becomes increasingly unpopular at home.”