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Trump weighs risky bet on Kharg Island in ‘game of chicken’ with Iran

President Trump is weighing a seizure of Iran’s critical oil depot on Kharg Island in a bid to force Tehran’s hand and open the Strait of Hormuz. Such a move, which would require U.S. boots on the ground to capture the strategic terminal, would mark a major turning point in a war in which Trump

Reported by The Hill.