Outed as a rogue nation on steroids, an American audience cheered and clapped as POTUS chortled that ‘We’re like pirates. We’re sort of like pirates,’ 

Trump, leading the Western Alliance as the most unpopular head of state in record, likens US forces seizing Iranian ships to pirates. Meanwhile, the US president’s approval rating has sunk to record lows, while oil prices have surged past $120 this week

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President Donald Trump has boasted that US forces are behaving like pirates as he boasted about the capture of tankers and cargo ships attempting to breach the illegal American blockade of Iranian ports.

Oil Prices Soaring

Oil prices surged past $120 a barrel this week for the first time since 2022. Unsurprisingly, Trump’s approval rating fell to 34%, a record low in Reuters/Ipsos polling.

Speaking at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Dinner in Florida on Friday, Trump recalled how a destroyer fired at the Iranian-flagged cargo vessel Touska near the Strait of Hormuz on April 19 before it was boarded by US Marines.

‘We’re like pirates, ’ he gloated

‘We took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business. Who would have thought we were doing that? We’re like pirates. We’re sort of like pirates,’ Trump said, prompting laughter in the audience.

Iran has condemned the seizure as illegal, with a government source telling Press TV this week that US piracy and banditry would be met with an unprecedented response.

Iran closed its territorial Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly one-fifth of global oil trade, to enemy nations’ ships shortly after the US and Israel launched their bombing campaign on February 28.

The US declared a naval blockade of Iran last month as the countries agreed to a ceasefire.

Trump said on Friday that he was ’not satisfied’ with Iran’s latest peace proposal and hailed the blockade as ’incredible.’

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