Veytics Intelligence
2026-09-14 · CNBC

Trump says U.S. may keep Iranian oil 'like Venezuela' as Gulf-Iran Hormuz talks stall

President Donald Trump said the U.S. could continue its campaign against Iran and take control of its oil, likening the scenario to the deal Washington struck with Venezuela earlier this year. "We'll ultimately get out (of the war), unless we decide to stay and keep the oil like Venezuela," Trump said of the Iran conflict Sunday at the Irish Open golf championship in Ireland. He added that U.S. revenue from the Venezuela arrangement, which granted Washington access to roughly a fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves , has "paid for the war many times." Under the agreement reached in August, Venezuela ceded majority U.S.

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