Trump Calls Ship Attacks ‘Minor’ as U.S. Adds Mideast Troops
- Pentagon releases more photos to bolster its case against Iran
- Shanahan does not say where additional troops will be deployed
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The Pentagon plans to send about 1,000 more troops to the Middle East as tensions rise between the U.S. and Iran, though President Donald Trump called two recent tanker attacks blamed on the Islamic Republic “very minor.”
“I have authorized approximately 1,000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats in the Middle East,” Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said in a statement Monday evening. He offered no details on where the troops would be deployed or what their missions might be.