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Trump Eyes Boots On The Ground Along Hormuz Shoreline
Trump Eyes Boots On The Ground Along Hormuz Shoreline
Several reports this week into Thursday say the Trump administration is quietly weighing a major escalation - potentially deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East as the White House struggles to map out an end game in Iran, according to Reuters.
Interestingly, the Reuters report doesn't include the phrase that Trump strongly campaigned against: 'boots on the ground'. Instead the report framed things more simply as "US weighs military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase."
Are the American people being...
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