Trump says US navy like ‘pirates’ while seizing a ship in Iranian blockade
Key takeaways
- Donald Trump dances in front of a crowd in Florida before making his piracy remarks.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Donald Trump has said the US navy acted “like pirates” as he described an operation seizing a ship amid the tit-for-tat American blockade of Iranian ports.
- “We … land on top of it and we took over the ship.
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Donald Trump dances in front of a crowd in Florida before making his piracy remarks. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPAView image in fullscreen Donald Trump dances in front of a crowd in Florida before making his piracy remarks. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPAUS-Israel war on Iran Trump says US navy like ‘pirates’ while seizing a ship in Iranian blockade US president says ‘we took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business’
Prefer the Guardian on Google Donald Trump has said the US navy acted “like pirates” as he described an operation seizing a ship amid the tit-for-tat American blockade of Iranian ports.
“We … land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business,” said Trump at a rally in Florida on Friday.