The United States of America , USA, is now the largest crude oil and natural gas producer in the world, and no longer needs oil from the Middle-East, President Donald Trump has said, on Wednesday.
Trump stated this at the White House, in an official reaction to the retaliatory attack by Iran, on an Iraqi base, housing American troops.
In his speech, Trump said that the US would impose more economic sanctions on Iran.
He also criticised the Obama administration for signing, alongside other world powers, the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, which Trump withdrew the US from.
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