US takes Iran-flagged ship into custody, Trump says

American forces stopped an https://www.axios.com/world/iran" target="_blank">Iranian-flagged cargo ship "by blowing a hole in the engineroom" after it tried to bypass a U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman, President Trump said Sunday.

The big picture: Trump said Marines took the vessel, named Touska, into custody as U.S. and Iranian officials prepared to https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/iran-talks-pakistan-witkoff-kushner-ceasfire" target="_blank">hold talks in Pakistan ahead of a looming deadline for the ceasefire ending.

What he's saying: Trump posted on https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/116433000897070863" target="_blank">Truth Social that the USS Spruance "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."

• In a separate post https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/iran-talks-pakistan-witkoff-kushner-ceasfire" target="_blank">earlier Sunday, he https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/116431297579272777" target="_blank">threatened that if Iran doesn't accept a deal, "the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.

  NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!"

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