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'Trump also claimed that Iran’s naval forces have suffered extensive losses. “Iran’s Navy is laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated - 158 ships,” he said.
US President Donald Trump described the nature of potential US action in strong terms, comparing it to operations against maritime drug trafficking. (In pic: Trump during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 6, 2026. Photographer: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)(Bloomberg)President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran, saying any of its naval vessels approaching a US blockade at the Strait of Hormuz would face immediate destruction.
“Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump also claimed that Iran’s naval forces have suffered extensive losses.
“Iran’s Navy is laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated - 158 ships,” he said.
‘Fast attack ships’ not yet targeted
The US President noted that a small number of Iranian vessels remain, but suggested they were not previously seen as a major threat.
“What we have not hit are their small number of, what they call, ‘fast attack ships,’ because we did not consider them much of a threat,” Trump wrote.
‘Quick and brutal’ military response
Trump described the nature of potential US action in strong terms, comparing it to operations against maritime drug trafficking.
“They will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea. It is quick and brutal,” he said.
Claims major drop in drug trafficking
In the same post, Trump also highlighted what he described as a sharp decline in drug inflows via sea routes.
“P.S. 98.2% of Drugs coming into the U.S. by Ocean or Sea have STOPPED!” he added.
This is a developing story
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