WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling “indications and warnings” from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with “unrelenting force” to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on May 5.
Reuters: US deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran
This US Navy handout photo shows the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77)as it transits the Strait of Gibraltar on Feb. 27, 2014.