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Sunday, April 5, 2026
Trump to Fox: I’ll ‘take over’ Iran’s oil if no deal; US sent guns to protesters via Kurds, who ‘took’ them
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US President Donald Trump says he is considering “taking over” Iran’s oil if a deal isn’t reached soon, in a phone interview with Fox News.
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"If they don't make a deal and fast, I'm considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil," President Trump told me.
President Trump added that he believes he'll be able to get a deal with Iran by tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/a7EDL6hQUJ
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) April 5, 2026
“If they don’t make a deal and fast, I’m considering blowing everything up and taking over the oil,” Trump tells a Fox News reporter, adding that he believes Washington can reach a deal with Iran by tomorrow.
The phone call takes place shortly after Trump warned on Truth Social that the US will attack power plants and bridges in Iran today, calling on Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
In the same interview, Trump says that after the Iranian regime’s bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters earlier this year, the US attempted to arm Iranian protesters by sending them guns through Kurdish militia forces, but the effort failed because the Kurds kept the weapons.
“We sent guns to the protesters, a lot of them…And I think the Kurds took the guns,” Trump says.
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