India, March 10 -- When US President Donald Trump said on Monday (US time) that the American and Israeli forces have already achieved "ultimate victory" against Iran, one of his comments stood out and drew immediate attention online.

"The (Iranian) Navy is gone," he claimed, "It's all lying at the bottom of the ocean. 46 ships, can you believe it?" He said he had asked US officials why they did not capture the ships of they were indeed "top of the line".

"They said it is more fun to sink them. They like them sinking better. They say it is safer to sink them - I guess it's probably true," Trump said.

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