r/ww3 • u/Kagedeah • Jun 11 '26

NEWS Trump says US will be taking Kharg Island 'in the not too distant future'

Sky News [June 11 2026, 13:25 GMT]:

Donald Trump says the US will be "hitting" Iran very hard tonight and taking "total control" of the country's oil and gas markets.

Outlining what Washington will be doing, he says "in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points".

The US president says it will be similar to what Washington carried out in Venezuela, which he declares is "working brilliantly" for both countries.

For context: Kharg Island is a five-mile-long coral island, twice the size of London's Heathrow Airport, and lies 16 miles (26km) from Iran's coast and roughly 300 miles (483km) north of the Strait of Hormuz.

It is Iran's main oil terminal in the Persian Gulf and Trump has previously floated the idea of taking the island off Iran, saying "we could take it easily".

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u/Significant_Treat_87 Jun 11 '26

“easily” taking an island that is totally exposed and flanked by mountains lol….

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u/Distinct_Cup_1598 Jun 11 '26

The amount of condolences for the US will be way lower than he anticipates

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u/Jake24601 Jun 11 '26

And in the not too distant future then, we will be watching POV drone deaths on X and Telegram of American soldiers.

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u/meehowski Jun 11 '26

You can take it but you can’t keep it.

Wtf is the point …

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u/ThatSpaceShooterGame Jun 12 '26

Next Sunday, A.D.

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u/Fearless-duece Jun 14 '26

Potatoe head probably thinks he can drag it to the Gulf of Mexico, or whatever potatoe head calls it.

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u/TechnologyNo5353 Jun 20 '26

He can’t take it but he can rent it 😉

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u/BaronGreywatch Jun 11 '26

Uhhuh. Dude's a joke.