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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour and Andrew Roth

Threat of US-Iran war escalates as Trump warns time running out for deal

USS Abraham Lincoln
Trump has said the US fleet headed by USS Abraham Lincoln is larger than that sent to Venezuela before the removal of Nicolás Maduro. Photograph: US Navy

The threat of war between the US and Iran appeared to loom closer after Donald Trump told Tehran time was running out and that a huge US armada was moving quickly towards the country “with great power, enthusiasm and purpose”.

Writing on social media, the US president said on Wednesday that the fleet headed by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was larger than the one sent to Venezuela before the removal of Nicolás Maduro earlier this month and was “prepared to rapidly fulfil its missions with speed and violence if necessary”.

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