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Trump boasts USA acts 'like pirates', as China challenges US sanctions on Iran

21 minutes Posted May 4, 2026 at 2:41 pm.

(CLIP) Trump: "We're like pirates"

US blockade of Iran

(CLIP) Trump on US piracy

US seizure of Iranian ships

AI memes of Trump as pirate

Multiple acts of US piracy

Venezuela

(CLIP) Trump on stealing oil

Pirates of the Persian Gulf

US sanctions on China

Hengli plant in Dalian

China challenges US sanctions

Secondary sanctions threat

USA crossed China's red line

US sanctions 1/3rd of world

Map of US sanctions

Sanctions are very deadly

Blockade of Cuba

US empire's goal

New sanctions on Cuba

Chinese solar panels help Cuba

Blowback: US sanctions backfire

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Donald Trump boasted that the US government acts "like pirates", seizing Iran's ships and oil. "It's a very profitable business", he said. Meanwhile, Beijing is openly resisting Washington's sanctions against Chinese companies for trading with Iran. China has ordered all domestic firms to ignore US sanctions. Ben Norton explains these geopolitical developments.

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