US President Donald Trump claims Iran has asked for a ceasefire, but said he would consider it if the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
“Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social at about midnight AEDT.
“We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!”
This week, the White House and other parts of the US government have clarified that reopening the strait is not considered a core objective of the Iran mission, after Trump told the UK and other countries to “go get your own oil”.
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is slated to go to the Middle East along with three destroyers, two US officials said. The carrier strike group consists of more than 6000 sailors. It comes as thousands of soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have also begun arriving in the Middle East, according to two other US officials.
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