US military seized Iranian-flagged container ship, Trump says

Trump says cargo ship tried to get past US naval blockade near strait of Hormuz ‘and it did not go well for them’

The US military took custody of an Iranian-flagged container ship that attempted to get past an American blockade near the strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump announced on Sunday.

In a social media post, Trump said that an “Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA” tried to get past the US naval blockade, “and it did not go well for them”.