Trump's threats to steal Iran's oil continue a long history of US pillage

Trump's threats to steal Iran's oil continue a long history of US pillage Submitted by Joseph Massad on Tue, 04/28/2026 - 19:08 From Zimbabwe to Venezuela, US economic coercion and the imperial plunder of Third World countries remain business as usual Iranian civil defence members watch smoke rise from a fire following an overnight US-Israeli air strike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran, Iran, on 8 March 2026 (AFP) Off Since the bipartite US-Israeli attack on Iran began two months ago, US President Donald Trump has made declarations about stealing Iranian oil : "If it were up to me, I'd take the oil, I'd keep the oil, it would bring plenty of money. " Failing that, he has threatened to destroy Iran 's oil infrastructure. Hoping for a repeat performance of the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan oil theft , Trump's triumphalist rhetoric turned out to be premature.