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highplainsdem

(62,800 posts) Fri May 1, 2026, 10:57 PM 8 hrs ago

Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports

Source: Reuters

President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. Navy was acting "like pirates" in carrying out Washington's naval blockade of Iranian ports during the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran.

Trump ‌made the comments while describing the seizure by U.S. forces of a ship a few days ago.

"We took over the ship, we took over the cargo, we took over the oil. It's a very profitable business," Trump said in remarks on Friday evening. "We're ⁠like pirates. We're sort of like pirates but we are not playing games."

Some of Tehran's vessels have been seized by the U.S. after leaving Iranian ports, along with sanctioned container ships and Iranian tankers in Asian waters.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-us-navy-acting-like-pirates-carry-out-naval-blockade-iranian-ports-2026-05-02/

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Trump says US Navy acting 'like pirates' to carry out naval blockade of Iranian ports (Original Post) highplainsdem 8 hrs ago OP

WTF..... Lovie777 8 hrs ago #1

Captain Blood ananda 7 hrs ago #12

Does that make Trump "The Pirate King"? wcmagumba 8 hrs ago #2

Pervert King maybe Jerry2144 6 hrs ago #16

He is the pirate of 'Dependsance.' sheshe2 6 hrs ago #18

Trump's fetish is admitting the crime and getting away with it Prairie Gates 8 hrs ago #3

Then...no more Federal tax dollars purr-rat beauty 8 hrs ago #4

Seems like some foreign court could use that statement as evidence (not that it would accomplish anything meaningful). RockRaven 8 hrs ago #5

Will we be getting a meme showing him as Jack Sparrow next? Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #6

Smee is his pirate name. marble falls 8 hrs ago #8

Thanks for that...I was in a college production of "Peter Pan"...Peter Pan flew from wires and the croc was on wheels wcmagumba 7 hrs ago #9

Flying is simple looking complicated process. It had to be fun. marble falls 7 hrs ago #13

Yep, they had two story platforms on one side with ropes connected to the wires on each flying actor... wcmagumba 5 hrs ago #19

Arrrrrr. Pretty accurate description. marble falls 8 hrs ago #7

Quiet Piggy orangecrush 7 hrs ago #10

"not playing games?" rampartd 7 hrs ago #11

Trump lives in a world . . . AverageOldGuy 6 hrs ago #14

as usual, he sounds like a FUCKING IDIOT Skittles 6 hrs ago #15

If the U.S. Navy doesn't vehemently speak out against that comparison, then the Navy should abandon ship. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 6 hrs ago #17

And all the admirals stage left 5 hrs ago #21

So he's made criminals of our sailors, now? Figarosmom 5 hrs ago #20

Oh, rip the shirt, how cliche JoseBalow 5 hrs ago #22

Lovie777

(23,434 posts)

1. WTF.....

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 10:59 PM

8 hrs ago

ananda

(35,392 posts)

12. Captain Blood

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:56 PM

7 hrs ago

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wcmagumba

(6,532 posts)

2. Does that make Trump "The Pirate King"?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:00 PM

8 hrs ago

Jerry2144

(3,300 posts)

16. Pervert King maybe

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #2)

Sat May 2, 2026, 12:59 AM

6 hrs ago

sheshe2

(98,149 posts)

18. He is the pirate of 'Dependsance.'

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #2)

Sat May 2, 2026, 01:17 AM

6 hrs ago

Prairie Gates

(8,385 posts)

3. Trump's fetish is admitting the crime and getting away with it

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:03 PM

8 hrs ago

He's never more angry than when he is forced to deny wrongdoing, and never happier (more turned on) than when he gets to admit it with no consequence.

purr-rat beauty

(1,365 posts)

4. Then...no more Federal tax dollars

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:05 PM

8 hrs ago

I'm not funding crime sprees

Oh wait....already am

RockRaven

(19,659 posts)

5. Seems like some foreign court could use that statement as evidence (not that it would accomplish anything meaningful).

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:05 PM

8 hrs ago

Deuxcents

(27,467 posts)

6. Will we be getting a meme showing him as Jack Sparrow next?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:10 PM

8 hrs ago

marble falls

(72,434 posts)

8. Smee is his pirate name.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #6)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:16 PM

8 hrs ago

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wcmagumba

(6,532 posts)

9. Thanks for that...I was in a college production of "Peter Pan"...Peter Pan flew from wires and the croc was on wheels

Reply to marble falls (Reply #8)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:33 PM

7 hrs ago

with an actor inside pulling it across the stage...I was a minor pirate named "Noodler"...Wendy, Michael and John all flew across the stage along with Peter...it was fun but a complicated setup for a small college to pull off...

marble falls

(72,434 posts)

13. Flying is simple looking complicated process. It had to be fun.

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #9)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:59 PM

7 hrs ago

wcmagumba

(6,532 posts)

19. Yep, they had two story platforms on one side with ropes connected to the wires on each flying actor...

Reply to marble falls (Reply #13)

Sat May 2, 2026, 01:33 AM

5 hrs ago

one rope for up and down and one for side to side (I'm not completely sure how it worked but it did).

marble falls

(72,434 posts)

7. Arrrrrr. Pretty accurate description.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:11 PM

8 hrs ago

orangecrush

(30,790 posts)

10. Quiet Piggy

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:33 PM

7 hrs ago

rampartd

(4,806 posts)

11. "not playing games?"

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 11:38 PM

7 hrs ago

at some point his game of peter pan turns onto "piracy on the high seas."

piracy is a capital offense.

AverageOldGuy

(4,067 posts)

14. Trump lives in a world . . .

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 12:43 AM

6 hrs ago

. . . of John Wayne movies, of Sergeant Rock comic books, of Ronald Regan movies.

The man has the mental maturity of a 12-yr-old (I apologize to all 12-yr-olds) whose intellectual development stopped in 1959.