Trump says Iranian 'fast-attack' ships that come close to US blockade will be eliminated


U.S. President Donald Trump looks on after disembarking Air Force One as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON, April ⁠13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump warned on Monday ‌that any Iranian "fast-attack" ships that go near a U.S. maritime ​blockade on Iran would ⁠be eliminated.

"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. ​Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere ⁠close to our BLOCKADE, ​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," Trump wrote ​in a ‌post on Truth Social.

(Reporting ​by Doina Chiacu; editing by Michelle Nichols)

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