Trump Threatens Iran, Most Of US Navy Strike Group Remains In Caribbean
In classic Trump fashion keeping Iranian leaders and the world guessing…
(Update) President Trump just said something very revealing while in Michigan. He admitted he really doesn’t know the death toll in Iran after a couple weeks of raging protests and violence. In classic Trump fashion, he started the morning by issuing direct threats of military intervention, but now seems to obfuscate, keeping Iranian leaders and the world guessing…
Reporter: You said to Iran that help is on the way. What kind of help?
President Trump: You are going to have to figure that out. I’m sorry.n pic.twitter.com/qjfXOkbpZM
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 13, 2026
But there’s reason to believe that even if Trump wanted to order some kind of ‘kinetic strikes’ on the Islamic Republic, it may not be imminent. Regional analyst Levent Kemal has observed:
I don’t think help is on the way. And no matter how much Trump threatens, most of the US Navy strike group is still in the Caribbean. The matter of F15 or F22 aircraft accompanying the plan to strike Khamenei with B52s remains unclear. Maybe Israeli F35 can escort and support them. Even if he did something limited, there doesn’t seem to be any capacity ready to defend against the response that would follow. He needs, I think, at least 5 days.
Kemal concludes by pointing out that anything within this window would have to involve Israel doing a lot of heavy lifting. Meanwhile, the following won’t happen anytime soon (driving oil down) if Trump keeps threatening Iran with military intervention:
- TRUMP: WE’LL GET OIL PRICES DOWN EVEN FURTHER
- TRUMP’S ENVOY SECRETLY MET IRAN’S EXILED CROWN PRINCE -AXIOS
- WITKOFF MET IRAN’S EXILED CROWN PRINCE OVER THE WEEKEND: AXIOS
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There’s reason to believe that the White House is not close to ordering fresh attacks on Iran.
“What you’re hearing publicly from the Iranian regime is quite different from the messages the administration is receiving privately, and I think the president has an interest in exploring those messages,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday. “However, with that said, the president has shown he’s unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better than Iran.” But that seemed to reveal the administration’s real thinking on the issue.
Reporter: How many protesters have been killed in Iran?
Trump: Nobody has been able to give me an accurate number. Everything is a lot. One is a lot. We will probably find out in the next 24 hours. I think it is a lot. pic.twitter.com/fvVVVbZWrK
— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 13, 2026
Reporter: How many protesters have been killed in Iran?
Trump: Nobody has been able to give me an accurate number. Everything is a lot. One is a lot. We will probably find out in the next 24 hours. I think it is a lot. pic.twitter.com/fvVVVbZWrK
— Clash Report (@clashreport) January 13, 2026
This shouldn’t need to be said, but for the predictable whiners, pointing out a giant journalistic flaw in how casualty counts are currently being transmitted to US news consumers is in no way any sort of slight against the actual Iranian protesters.
It’s a slight against the… https://t.co/HuZOAiXhgl
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 12, 2026
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