'We're like pirates': Trump boasts US Navy operations during Iran blockade, says 'took over the oil'

US President Donald Trump said on Friday the US Navy was acting "like pirates" as he described an operation seizing a ship amid the tit-for-tat American blockade of Iranian ports. Trump was openly comparing US naval operations to piracy at a Florida rally, where he told cheering supporters that American forces had seized an Iranian vessel and its oil cargo amid an escalating maritime confrontation with Tehran. "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," Trump said. "We're like pirates," Trump told the crowd, describing how troops had boarded and taken control of a ship and its cargo. "We're sort of like pirates. But we're not playing games."