Trump’s Truth Social Posts Upended Iran War Negotiations — Report |
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The United States military announced on Thursday that a third aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East, the most the U.S. has sent to the region since the Iraq War.
The U.S.S. George H.W. Bush carries over 80 aircraft and has more than 5,500 sailors and air crew on board. Officials would not elaborate on plans for the Bush, but analysts suggested its arrival to the area could mean an escalation in the ongoing war with Iran — especially if negotiations between Washington and Tehran continue to sour.
“The message is that [President Donald] Trump may apply more pain if the peace talks don’t advance in the way Trump wants,” retired U.S. Navy Captain Carl Schuster said.
The arrival of the Bush means that three aircraft carriers are in the region for the first time in more than two decades.
As speculation grows about the administration’s next moves in Iran, Trump snapped at a reporter on Thursday for daring to ask how long he was willing to allow the unsanctioned war to continue.
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“Don’t rush me,” Trump said, interrupting the reporter’s question. He went on:
We were in Vietnam for 18 years, we were in Iraq for many, many years, we were four and a half, almost five years, in World War II,........