US readying another aircraft carrier for Middle East deployment: Trump
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Despite nuclear diplomacy with Iran, US president suggests Washington will send more military assets to the region.
Donald Trump has appeared to confirm that the United States is looking to further shore up military assets in the Middle East despite ongoing diplomacy to ease tensions with Iran.
The US president shared on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, without comment, a Wall Street Journal article titled “Pentagon Prepares Second Aircraft Carrier to Deploy to the Middle East”.
The story cited US officials as saying that the Pentagon ordered the military to prepare an aircraft carrier strike group for deployment to the region to join the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is already there.
The reporting came hours after Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been pushing for hawkish policies against Tehran, at the White House and reaffirmed his preference for a diplomatic deal with Iran.
“There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated,” Trump wrote after the meeting with Netanyahu.
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