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’ Middle East crisis – live updates 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.