Trump jokingly compares US Navy to ‘pirates’ for seizing Iran’s oil

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President Donald Trump boasted of the profits the United States has made from its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, comparing the U.S. Navy to pirates.

Speaking at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump recalled the U.S. Navy’s interdiction of an Iranian ship that tried to run the blockade, boasting of its efficiency.

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