Middle East Seemingly Moving Closer to War as Donald Trump Moves Warships - and Iran Drops Any Subtlety in Response

Middle East seemingly moving closer to war as Donald Trump moves warships - and Iran drops any subtlety in response

Donald Trump has said failure to do a deal could lead to US strikes. But the Iranians say a deal on the terms the president is currently proposing would be tantamount to surrender.

Iran threatens US warships as Trump grilled on 'stretching military thin'

Iran's Supreme Leader, Sayyid Ali Khamenei, issued a direct warning to the USS Gerald Ford on Tuesday declaring that there is a "more dangerous weapon" that could send "that warship to the bottom of the sea"

Middle East Seemingly Edging Closer To War As Donald Trump Moves Warships - And Iran Drops Any Subtlety In Response

In exercises in one of the world’s most strategic waterways, it left little doubt of its capabilities with missile strikes on dummy targets and simulated tanker seizures. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wasn’t mincing his words either. “A warship is a dangerous device,” he said. “But more dangerous than that is a weapon that can send that warship deep under the sea.” A fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, an…