Donald Trump Call US Navy Pirates: US President Donald Trump has given a big statement on the blockade action of the US Navy. Trump has said that the US Navy is acting like pirates in the water. During this, while boasting, he said that this is an example of how operations to seize ships are carried out at sea during the blockade of Iranian ports. President Trump said this while addressing a rally in Florida on Saturday i.e. 02.05.2026.

He said let’s get down to it. Capture the ship. We take possession of the goods. Capture the oil. This is a profitable business.

The crowd clapped loudly at his speech. After this Trump said that we are like pirates. In a way, we are pirates. But we are not playing any game.

Iran described American action as armed robbery

Meanwhile, Iran has called America’s action armed robbery. The US Army had stopped two Iranian ships. Iran was carrying crude oil in it. Iran issued a statement on Tuesday saying that this was armed robbery on the high seas. Washington is breaking international law.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ismail Bagai has issued a statement. He said that this operation has actually encouraged piracy. This is a piracy. This is armed robbery. Bagai said in his X-post that the world is watching the return of pirates. American officials are hiding those seizures under the cover of law.

Iran has imposed a blockade on Hormuz

Here, after the war started, Iran stopped all the ships passing through Hormuz. In these, only ships of friendly countries have been allowed. Here, America has imposed a separate blockade on the maritime part in the Gulf area. Till now America has stopped more than 45 ships. Meanwhile, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth told journalists in April that the blockade would last as long as it was needed.

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