Trump states ‘preference’ to take oil from Iran like with Venezuela

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President Donald Trump on Sunday said he is open to taking over Iran’s oil industry, as his administration did in Venezuela. 

“To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran, but some stupid people back in the US say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” he told the Financial Times. 

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