Washington/Tehran, Feb. 13 -- US President Donald Trump has ordered for the redeployment of its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group, redirecting it from the Caribbean to West Asia amid escalating tensions with Iran and ongoing nuclear negotiations, as per US officials.
The move will place the Ford alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln and its escorts in the region, significantly bolstering Washington's naval power amid a diplomatic environment fraught with massive mistrust, animosity, and greatly heightened regional instability.
Trump made the decision to send the Ford after recent discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following the lack of any practical results from Washington's indi...