President Donald Trump recently described a naval encounter between U.S. forces and an Iranian oil tanker, stating: ‘And last week you saw one shot, not a missile shot, a bullet, a very large bullet, a bullet from four miles, hit the rudder of the ship. And the rudder of the ship fell into the ocean, it was a beautiful thing to see. It just fell in!’
Analysis: This statement exhibits a high degree of grotesqueness and technical absurdity. The claim that a ‘very large bullet’ fired from a distance of four miles could strike the rudder of a ship—a target typically submerged or partially submerged—and cause it to ‘fall into the ocean’ defies the laws of ballistics and naval engineering. A rudder is a massive, heavy steel structure attached to a ship’s hull by heavy-duty pintles and gudgeons; it does not simply ‘fall off’ due to a single projectile impact, nor is it common for small arms or even heavy machine gun fire to achieve such surgical, catastrophic structural failure from that distance.
Factual context: The description appears to be a hyperbolic embellishment of maritime interdiction operations. While U.S. naval forces do engage in blockade enforcement, the claim of a ‘beautiful’ precision shot that caused a rudder to detach suggests a narrative detached from the reality of naval warfare, likely intended to project an image of overwhelming, almost cinematic, military dominance to his audience.
Source: Osint613, 20.05.2026.
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