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The Saudis still owe us a trillion dollars for dealing with Saddam Hussein for them. At least Trump is on the right track even if I doubt he'd follow through. Beats a "Duhhh,.... Derrrrr.... ummmmm, Uhhhhhhh." from Obama at least.
How do you "take" the oil? The US government would seize, renovate, and operate Iraqi oil wells, oil facilities, pipelines and docks, man them with tens of thousands of trusted US workers, and have the US military on the ground protecting it from end to end? And then what? Try and recoup the costs buy selling at below market prices? Right-wingers don't trust the government to do anything right.
If I recall, earlier this year, he said he will partner with Big Oil to handle the details.
No POTUS can deliver on any promise unless Congress goes along with it.
Assuming Trump wins the nomination, it's more likely the $ billion or so that Koch put together from other billionaires for a Super PAC will instead be invested in electing/ reelecting Senators and Reps who share their values.
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