Trump says U.S. Navy ship 'destroyed' Iranian drone

President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a U.S. Navy ship "destroyed" an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz — the latest in a series of tense incidents between Washington and Tehran.

Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday that the USS Boxer — a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship — “took defensive action” against the Iranian drone that had “closed into a very, very near distance, approximately 1,000 yards” and ignored “multiple calls to stand down.”

The drone was “threatening safety of the ship and the ship's crew” and “was immediately destroyed,” he said.