CNBC Daily Open: Trump is doubling down on rhetoric to end the Iran war
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TL;DR
Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’ Trump Claims Iran Gave In to US Demands, Considers Seizing Oil Trump Says US Could ‘Take The Oil’ in Iran, Seize Export Hub: FT Trump says negotiations with Iran going ‘extremely well,’ ceasefire could be soon Trump Says Iran "Gave" the US Most of Its Demands in Peace Plan Trump says ‘my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran’ Trump Says Iran Ready to Make Deal Trump says Iran’s ‘had regime change’ as he describes 'boatloads of oil' Trump says Iran’s ‘had regime change’ as he describes ‘boatloads of oil’ US President Donald Trump says the US-Israeli war on Iran has effectively brought ‘regime change’, claiming key leadership layers were ‘decimated’. Trump added Iran won’t have a country if they don’t do ‘everything we want to do’. Published On 30 Mar 2026 Trump Insists Iran Regime Change Has Happened And Says He Could Seize Its Oil Trump Says Iran Gave In to US Demands Despite 15-Point Plan Rejection | Daybreak Europe 3/30/2026 watch now Trump's Kharg Island warning: Former US envoy says Iran will do 'everything it can' in response Dennis Ross, former US envoy to the Middle East and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow from Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says despite the degradation of Iran's military capabilities, the regime's ability to retaliate if the US were to invade Kharg Island cannot be understated or overlooked.
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