Trump says US Navy acting like ‘pirates’ during Iran blockade

At a rally in Florida, the US president tells a cheering crowd ‘we took over the ship’

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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.