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marble falls

(57,077 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:40 PM Jun 2014

Trump to Newsmax TV: US Should Seize Iraq Oil

Trump to Newsmax TV: US Should Seize Iraq Oil

Wednesday, 18 Jun 2014 11:55 AM

By Dan Weil

http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/Trump-Sunni-Iraq-oil/2014/06/18/id/577801/

As Sunni militants reportedly took control of Iraq's largest oil refinery Wednesday, business titan Donald Trump, founder and CEO of Trump Corp., urged the U.S. government to take control of Iraq's oil Wednesday on "America's Forum" on Newsmax TV.

"I've been predicting for a long time that somebody, most likely the bad guys, are going to get the oil," he told J.D. Hayworth and John Bachman in an exclusive interview.

"And if you look at this morning, they [the Sunni militia] veered off course, and instead of going into Baghdad initially — they'll get that later, don't worry about it — they decided to do the smart thing."

That was to go after Iraq's oil. "So now they have the oil, and they have lots of land, and they have lots of support, and they have lots of money, and they have our equipment, and we're a very stupidly run country."

Iraq now exports approximately 2.5 million barrels a day of crude, and approximately 300,000 barrels of that go to the United States, according to the Energy Information Agency. Those 300,000 barrels represent approximately 4 percent of U.S. imports.

Trump says the United States never should have intervened in Iraq in the first place. "But if we were going to be there, take the oil before Iran gets it or before the other militants get it," he said.

"What happened now is the worst nightmare."

Meanwhile, Trump is not surprised with Tuesday's news that consumer prices rose 0.4 percent last month, the most since February 2013.

"I'm not surprised because our country is a mess," he argues. "Our leader is incompetent, our country is an absolute mess and we're laughed at all over the world."

Trump is spending a lot of time overseas as he works on real estate projects in the Middle East and Europe. Foreigners "have no respect for Obama, no respect for our country," he notes. "They don’t even view us as a factor anymore."

The guys in white jackets and a big net need to seize ol' Badgerhair and put him where its padded and padlocked.

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Trump to Newsmax TV: US Should Seize Iraq Oil (Original Post) marble falls Jun 2014 OP

Simplistic in its ignorance. They won't kill us while "we" "take" the oil? arcane1 Jun 2014 #1

Ignorance. arrogance, and any other gance I missed. They rob the goods in W's administration and ... marble falls Jun 2014 #5

Trump said "bad guys get the oil" he uses that term because he has no fucking clue randys1 Jun 2014 #2

He is one of the bad guys wanting to sieze 'teh' oil. marble falls Jun 2014 #11

That man doesn't have clue #1 about much of anything. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2014 #3

Onehandle to Trump: Get the Hell out out America, you non-billionaire. nt onehandle Jun 2014 #4

Now that's a plan that would unify Iraqis TexasProgresive Jun 2014 #6

First, let Trump do a 1-man recon mission there to scope out the situation pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #7

Yea, because it worked out so well the first time we tried it... ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #8

Utter nonsense. n/t Laelth Jun 2014 #9

¡whut! warrior1 Jun 2014 #10

Go get it, Don! Show us how to get the oil! muntrv Jun 2014 #12

Trump Needs A P Initech Jun 2014 #13

We need to seize and refine the mega gallons of oil keeping his weird hair in place aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2014 #14

Hey Donald, how would that be different than what the Nazis did? Enthusiast Jun 2014 #15

I know, Newsmax, right? Every once in a while they get an interveiw that no-one else'll get. marble falls Jun 2014 #16

You lost, Trump. Now take your tupe and leave sakabatou Jun 2014 #17

arcane1

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1. Simplistic in its ignorance. They won't kill us while "we" "take" the oil?

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:42 PM

Jun 2014

Who is "we" anyway, and what does "take" mean?

Trump is an idiot.

marble falls

(57,077 posts)

5. Ignorance. arrogance, and any other gance I missed. They rob the goods in W's administration and ...

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:43 PM

Jun 2014

take possession in President Obama's administration. While he takes care of their mess and they obscure and protest every inch of the way. How freaking devious is that?