Israel has “enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg”, Donald Trump said after the aid flotilla she was travelling to Gaza on was seized .

The US president described the Swedish activist as an “angry young person” after her attempt to break the Gaza blockade was thwarted by the Israeli navy.

“She’s a strange person. She’s a young, angry person. I don’t know if it’s real anger. It’s hard to believe, actually, but I saw what happened,” he said.

“She’s certainly different... anger management, I think she has to go to an anger management class.”

Israeli naval forces boarded and seized a charity vessel carrying Thunberg on Monday.

The British-flagged yacht, Madleen, which is operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition, had aimed to deliver a symbolic amount of aid

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