Donald Trump says he was ‘surprised’ by ‘Chinese gift to Iran’ found in seized tanker

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday during an interview with CNBC that the US found “a gift from China” in one of the ships seized from the Iranian regime that was trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz towards Iran, amid the American blockade of Iranian ports.

“We caught a ship yesterday that had some things on it, which wasn’t very nice. A gift from China perhaps, I don’t know, but I was a little surprised,” Trump said during his interview with CNBC.

According to an additional Bloomberg report, the White House did not respond to…