Trump said the United States is not ruling out the option of controlling Iran's oil.
[Reporter: Are you considering taking over Iran's oil?]
— It’s one of the options. I’m not going to go into detail, but it is indeed a possibility.
[Reporter: Have you seriously considered this?]
— Let me put it this way: we’ve done an outstanding job in Venezuela—there’s no doubt about that. We’ve made tens of billions of dollars from it. And by the way, Venezuela is currently experiencing its best period in national history.
Trump further confirmed that one of America’s core objectives regarding Iran is controlling its energy lifelines, rather than merely pursuing "freedom of navigation." This will make it harder to reach substantive compromises in U.S.-Iran negotiations, keeping regional military conflict risks persistently high.
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