United States President Donald Trump has stated that his country could open the Strait of Hormuz and take oil from it to make a fortune for America.
Trump made this remark in a post on his Truth Social on Friday, noting that it would be an oil stream for the world.
His comment comes after the intervention of the White House in Venezuela led to American redevelopment of Venezuela’s oil industry.
Trump touted his administration’s work on the production and sale of massive amounts of oil and gas in Venezuela during his Iran-focused primetime address to the nation on Wednesday.
“And now we’re working along with Venezuela and are, in a true sense, joint venture partners. We’re getting along incredibly well in the production and sale of massive amounts of oil and gas, the second-largest reserves on Earth after the United States of America,” Trump said.
The president has, in recent days, issued a variety of conflicting statements about whether the Strait of Hormuz needs to be reopened in order for him to end the war in Iran, repeatedly attempting to shift responsibility away from the US for reopening the strait
War: US could open Strait of Hormuz, seize oil – Trump
