{"id":2597931,"date":"2026-05-01T23:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokingly-compares-us-navy-to-pirates-for-seizing-irans-oil\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:54:09","slug":"trump-jokingly-compares-us-navy-to-pirates-for-seizing-irans-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jokingly-compares-us-navy-to-pirates-for-seizing-irans-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump jokingly compares US Navy to &#8216;pirates&#8217; for seizing Iran&#8217;s oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-jokingly-compares-us-navy-to-pirates-for-seizing-irans-oil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597931&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump claimed that the U.S. has profited from its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, describing the Navy\u2019s interception of an Iranian ship as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">highly effective<\/a>. He recounted how U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >forces ordered<\/a> the ship to turn back, then disabled it after it tried to run the blockade, with U.S. forces ultimately taking control of the vessel and its cargo.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-and-big-techs-seismic-shift-to-the-left\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media and Big Tech\u2019s Seismic Shift to the Left\">trump compared<\/a> the operation to \u201cpirates,\u201d saying it was a lucrative enterprise. <\/p>\n<p>The article adds that the blockade-used to counter Iran\u2019s efforts to choke the strait-has severely damaged Iran\u2019s economy, including a sharp drop in the Iranian rial and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-warning-agencies-of-potential-government-shutdown-psaki\/\" title=\"White House Warning Agencies of Potential Government Shutdown: Psaki\">widespread job losses<\/a> that could contribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-professional-activists-sabotage-ice-arrests-21\/\" title=\"Here&#039;s How Professional Activists Sabotage ICE Arrests\">renewed protests<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> boasted of the profits the United States has made from its blockade of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, comparing the U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/navy\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/navy\">Navy<\/a> to pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump recalled the U.S. Navy\u2019s interdiction of an Iranian ship that tried to run the blockade, boasting of its efficiency.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4552355\/trump-us-better-off-no-iran-deal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says US might be \u2018better off not making a deal\u2019 with Iran<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4552339\/trump-treasonous-democrats-claim-us-not-winning-iran-war\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says it\u2019s \u2018treasonous\u2019 for Democrats to claim US \u2018not winning\u2019 Iran war<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4552321\/qatari-gifted-jet-new-air-force-one-summer\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump\u2019s Qatari-gifted jet is set to become new Air Force One as soon as this summer<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThey were going to ram the, we call it an iron wall. It\u2019s essentially an iron wall. We have such great military and great Navy, and they were going straight through, and they said, \u2018Turn your ship around!\u2019 And there was no response. \u2018Turn your ship around! Evacuate your engine room, immediately!\u2019 And you see all these guys running out of it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cNow, they\u2019re 5 miles away, and one shot into the engine room, blew up the engine room. The ship stopped. They used tugboats, and then we landed on top of it, on top of everything else. We then landed on top of it, and we took over the ship,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The president then tapped into an unconventional metaphor for a professional navy, boasting that they were acting like pirates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took over the cargo, took over the oil. It\u2019s a very profitable business. Who would have thought we\u2019d be doing that,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe\u2019re like pirates. We\u2019re sort of like pirates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4552355\/trump-us-better-off-no-iran-deal\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4552355\">TRUMP SAYS US MIGHT BE \u2018BETTER OFF NOT MAKING A DEAL\u2019 WITH IRAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, coming in response to Iran\u2019s own blockade, was an unconventional approach to try to lift Iran\u2019s shutdown of the strait. The U.S. blockade has wrought heavy damage on the Iranian economy, with its worst effects being felt this week.<\/p>\n<p>Over just two days, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4547532\/iranian-currency-all-time-low-us-blockade\/\">Iranian rial went tumbling<\/a> by 15%. Over two million Iranians are estimated by Iranian officials to have been put out of work, risking a revival of protests that threatened the regime beginning in late December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump touts profits from Strait blockade, compares Navy to pirates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2597932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26122040727584.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52187,74961,78975,3634,32466],"class_list":["post-2597931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-geopolitical-news","tag-iran-oil","tag-piracy-comparison","tag-trump","tag-us-navy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26122040727584.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597935,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597931\/revisions\/2597935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}