‘Go get your own oil,’ Trump tells countries hit by high electricity prices – nationally
US President Donald Trump says countries angered by high fuel prices should “go get your own oil” as Iran continues to hold on to the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has expressed his frustration at allies who have been reluctant to help the US reopen the sensitive network.
“Go find your own oil,” Trump wrote. He also said that they should buy from the US because “we have a lot.”
His comments on social media on Tuesday came as US gasoline prices topped US$4 a litre.
US strikes hit a city on Tuesday that is home to one of Iran’s nuclear facilities, sending huge fires into the sky, and Tehran attacked a Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
The attack was a testament to the intensity of the war more than a month after the US and Israel launched their first strikes. The conflict has left more than 3,000 people dead and caused major disruptions to the world’s oil and natural gas supply. On Tuesday, the average price of gasoline in the US shot above US$4 a liter – just another sign of the war’s far-reaching effects in the Middle East.
Trump, who has vacillated between insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks with Iran and threatening to escalate the war, shared images of the Isfahan attack. The central city is home to three nuclear enrichment sites that were attacked by the US in a 12-day war in June, and analysts believe that most of Iran’s most enriched uranium is likely to be stored there.
War is roiling oil market
Iran’s seizure of the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway from the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of oil is transported in peacetime, has driven up global oil prices, as has Tehran’s attack on the region’s energy infrastructure. That has rattled stock markets around the world and pushed up the cost of many basic commodities.
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Brent crude, the international standard, rose to around US$106 a barrel on Tuesday, up more than 45 percent since the war began in Feb. 28.
Trump warned this week that if a deal is not reached “soon,” and if it is not reopened, the US will increase its provocations, including attacks on the Kharg Island oil export facility and potential desalination plants.
Israel, US launches new wave of strikes
Israel and the US launched a wave of strikes on Iran, hitting Tehran early in the morning.
A video shared by Trump appeared to show a large-scale attack on Isfahan, while NASA fire-tracking satellites suggested the explosion occurred in a mountainous area on the southern outskirts of the city. Iran has not confirmed the attack.
A satellite image taken shortly before the June war shows that Tehran transferred a truckload of highly enriched uranium to a nuclear site 20 kilometers (12 miles) away from Tuesday’s strikes.
Analysts believe the truck – pictured entering a tunnel filled with 18 green containers – may have been carrying most or all of Iran’s 60 percent enriched uranium waste. That’s a short, technical step to weapon-grade levels.
An Iranian jet struck a Kuwaiti oil tanker in the waters near the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai, sparking a fire that was later extinguished, the Dubai Media Office said. Authorities said there was no oil spill.
Four people were also injured when debris from a hijacked plane fell into a residential area, and later a large explosion was heard in another attack in Dubai.
Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain, with Saudi Arabia claiming to have intercepted three ballistic missiles launched at its capital. Heavy explosions were also heard in Israel shortly after the military warned of a missile attack from Iran.
The United States’ hard-hit Gulf rivals have urged Trump to continue the conflict until Iran’s military power is eliminated, according to US, Gulf and Israeli officials.
In response to that growing anger, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted on Tuesday that Tehran is only targeting US forces in the region.
“Our operations are directed at enemy invaders who do not respect Arabs or Iranians, and cannot provide any security,” Araghchi wrote in X.
Peacekeepers were killed in Lebanon
The UN Security Council planned to call an emergency meeting on Tuesday after officials said three soldiers in southern Lebanon were killed in less than 24 hours during an Israeli attack there.
The UN peacekeeping mission in the country, where Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah, did not say who caused the deaths.
In Iran, authorities say more than 1,900 people have been killed, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel.
22 people died in the Gulf states and the West Bank. In Lebanon, officials say more than 1,200 people have been killed, and more than a million displaced.
Ten Israeli soldiers died in Lebanon, including the four announced Tuesday, and 13 US service members were killed.
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