Trump says he'd like to take Iran's Kharg Island in interview

Published June 11, 2026 Updated June 11, 2026 05:59pm

US President Donald Trump says he would like to take over Iran’s oil infrastructure hub, Kharg Island, but is unsure Americans have the appetite for it, Reuters reports.

“We are talking to them, and all, but you know, look, my preference has always been — take Kharg Island … my preference would be that. I don’t know that America has the stomach for it,” he says in an interview on Fox News programme ‘Fox and Friends’.