Because he is stupid......

Trump gets irritated over questions about taking Kharg Island — Iran's critical oil lifeline

By Alayna Treene

President Donald Trump dodged questions regarding occupying Iran’s Kharg Island — a stretch of land in the Persian Gulf referred to as the country’s oil lifeline — during an interview published today.

He told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade “I can’t answer a question like that,” before adding “it’s not high on the list.”

“Are you thinking about taking Kharg Island, where 90% of the Iranian oil goes through, and what do you think about…” Kilmeade asked Trump during a radio interview, before the president cut him off.

“Brian, I can’t answer a question like that. … You shouldn’t be even asking it. It’s one of so many different things. It’s not high on the list, but it’s one of so many different things, and I can change my mind in seconds,” Trump said, before criticizing the question as “foolish.”

“OK, let’s say I was going to do it, or let’s say I wasn’t going to do it. What would I tell you? ‘Oh, yes, Brian, I’m thinking about doing it, let me, let me let you know what time and when it’ll take place.’ It’s not, you know, it’s sort of a foolish question, a little surprising for you, because you’re a smart man,” the president added.

Kharg Island is a five-mile-stretch of land off the Iranian coast that has seemingly been left untouched during the first two weeks of the war with Iran. The critical island handles roughly 90% of the country’s crude exports.

Experts have argued that attempting to capture or attack Kharg Island would require a significant number of ground troops — something the Trump administration has so far been reluctant to call in.