Trump Warns of Iran Oil Infrastructure Collapse in 3 Days

President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that Iran's oil infrastructure faces imminent collapse, with pipelines potentially exploding from within in about three days unless a deal is reached to ease the ongoing U.S. naval blockade.

In an interview on Fox News's "The Sunday Briefing," Trump described how the buildup of unexported oil, caused by the blockade on Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, could trigger mechanical failures and natural underground pressures. "When you have lines of vast amounts of oil pouring through your system, if for any reason that line is closed because you can't continue to put it into containers or ships, which has happened to them, they have no ships because of the blockade, what happens is that line explodes from within, both mechanically and in the earth," Trump said. He added that experts estimate Iran has only three days before this occurs, and any explosion would render rebuilding nearly impossible, limiting future capacity to about 50 percent of current levels. "A very bad thing is going to happen to them, so I think they are under pressure," he stated.

The remarks stem from a conflict that escalated with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran...