US to deploy third aircraft carrier and 10,000 more troops to Middle East as Trump considers strikes on Iran

Donald Trump is considering new strikes against Iran as the Pentagon prepares to send around 10,000 more troops to a group of ships in the Middle East. 

The troop movement, which includes a third aircraft carrier, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump’s war against Iran as he ponders his next move, with midterm elections in the United States looming large and new signs that the nature of the conflict may be becoming more complex. 

The group of ships now en route to the Middle East together carry over 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines.

It includes the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, which

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