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President Donald Trump reiterated that the US deployed a substantial naval force to the Middle East amid heightened tension with Iran, Anadolu reports. “We have a big armada going over there right now, and hopefully we won’t have to use it, but it’s very powerful, bigger than what we have in Venezuela that we sent over that worked out so well,” Trump said in a radio interview released on Tuesday. The US deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East on Monday “to promote regional security and stability.” READ: Israeli activist exposes false media reports about her death in Iran protests According to the media reports, the US also moved additional Patriot and THAAD air defense systems […]
