Reuters | Trump's defense chief: 'We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil' Reuters Mattis was the highest-ranking Trump administration official to visit Iraq since Trump irked Iraqis with a temporary ban on travel to the United States and for saying America should have seized Iraq's oil after toppling Saddam Hussein in 2003. Trump ... Defence secretary Jim Mattis: Not in Iraq to seize oil We're in Iraq not for your oil, says Mattis Mattis says US won't be taking Iraq oil as Trump once suggested |