Trump’s troops blow gap in Iranian cargo ship trying to get via US blockade: ‘We gave them honest warning’
American troops have blown a hole through an Iranian cargo ship after it attempted to pass through the US blockade of the country’s coastline, according to Donald Trump.
The president touted the attack via Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, ahead of peace talks between negotiators from the US and Iran in Pakistan on Monday.
‘Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them,’ wrote Trump, 79.
‘The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop.
‘The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom (sic).
‘Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity.
‘We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!’
The US military began blockading all vessels attempting to leave or enter Iranian ports or the Iranian coastline, including the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, on April 17.
American troops have blown a hole through an Iranian cargo ship after it attempted to pass through the US blockade of the country’s coastline, according to Donald Trump
The president touted the attack via Truth Social on Sunday afternoon, ahead of peace talks between negotiators from the US and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday
The blockade began after JD Vance returned from Islamabad empty handed on April 12 after US negotiators failed to broker a peace deal with Iran.
Joined by US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Vance is set to return to the Pakistani capital on Monday in a second attempt to secure an end to the conflict.
Trump warned earlier on Sunday that he would order the US military to ‘knock out every single power plant and every single bridge’ in Iran if a peace deal is not made.
‘We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran,’ Trump wrote.
‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years.
‘IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!’
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