If Donald Trump were to deploy U.S. Marines to Kharg Island, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) would perceive it as a direct threat on their doorstep, turning the island into an immediate military target.
In a March 13 post on Truth Social, Trump announced the U.S. Central Command completed "one of the most powerful bombing raids in History of the Middle East" when it "totally obliterated" military targets on Iran's Kharg Island. Even though he says the U.S. military left the oil assets alone, he threatened to strike those, too, if Iran continued to block the safe passage of ships and large oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
