Iraq: Trump 'Asked Iraqi Prime Minister for Oil as Repayment for Iraq War'

Nov 27, 2018 | Tom Embury-Dennis, Independent
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Donald Trump twice asked Iraq’s prime minister for oil in repayment for America’s invasion of the Middle East country to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003, it has been reported. The US president first brought the subject up in a meeting with Iraq’s then-leader Haider al-Abadi in March last year, according to Axios.  “Trump says something to the effect of, he gets a little smirk on his face and he says, ‘So what are we going to do about the oil?’” a source in the White House meeting told the US news outlet.