ReportedDiplomacy & politicsIreland
Trump says US could 'stay and keep the oil' in Iran, as in Venezuela
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 7:40 PM in Dublin
- Where
- Ireland
At the Irish Open golf championship, Trump said the US would 'ultimately get out' of Iran 'unless we decide to stay and keep the oil like Venezuela,' adding that Venezuelan revenue had 'paid for the war many times.' He repeated that the war could end right after the midterms and that gasoline prices would 'drop like a rock.'
Why it matters
Floating control of Iranian oil would expand US war aims well beyond the nuclear issue, with direct implications for global supply.
Sources (3)
- The Jerusalem Postjpost.com
- CNBCcnbc.com
- The Jerusalem Post (Reuters)jpost.comPublished
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Correction
- Corrected the time from 7:39 PM Jerusalem time, Sep 13, 2026 to 7:40 PM Dublin time, Sep 13, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "Trump floats US holding Iranian oil fields, likens plan to Venezuela"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Washington, D.C. to Ireland; reclassified it from policy-statement to political; updated the sourcing note; merged a duplicate entry into this one ("Trump predicts Iran conflict will end around US midterm elections, oil to 'drop like a rock'"); added a source: The Jerusalem Post (Reuters). Why and evidence