The Daily Populous Wednesday January 28th, 2026 morning edition
Authored by jpost.com and submitted by TokenBearer

United States President Donald Trump announced that an additional "armada" of US military vessels is sailing towards Iran during a speech given in Iowa on Tuesday evening.

“In June, we obliterated Iran’s nuclear capacity in Operation Midnight Hammer,” Trump stated, addressing recent US military operations. "People had been waiting for 22 years to do that... They were about a month away from having a nuclear weapon. We had to do it."

"There's another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now," Trump added, sharing that he hopes Iran will "make a deal" and “should have made a deal the first time.”

On Friday, Trump told reporters present on Air Force One that the US is watching Iran closely and has "a massive fleet heading in that direction."

US military preparing for possible Iran strikes

On Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) released a statement announcing that it was preparing to conduct multi-day readiness exercises “designed to enhance asset and personnel dispersal capability, strengthen regional partnerships and prepare for flexible response execution throughout CENTCOM.”

A US Airman attaches a GBU-31 munitions system to an F-15E Strike Eagle in the US Central Command area of responsibility, December 19, 2025, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike as the US military launched large-scale strikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria. (credit: U.S. Air Force Photo/Handout via REUTERS)

The exercises are additionally aimed at demonstrating CENTCOM's "credible, combat-ready, and responsible presence designed to deter aggression, reduce the risk of miscalculation, and assure partners."

CENTCOM's announcement followed a Sunday meeting between CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir aimed at “strengthening the defensive cooperation between the two states."

On Monday, a US source confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in CENTCOM waters in the Indian Ocean.

According to a Reuters report on Thursday, the USS Abraham Lincoln group included other US warships, destroyers, and fighter aircraft.

Xero_Kaiser on January 28th, 2026 at 01:06 UTC »

> "There's another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now,"

This sounded like such an AI-generated parody that I had to see the video for myself.

Why does everything that comes out of his mouth sound so ridiculous?

frakkintoaster on January 28th, 2026 at 01:04 UTC »

I hope they remembered to pack their discombobulators

GhostOfJasper on January 28th, 2026 at 00:56 UTC »

"There's another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now," Trump added, sharing that he hopes Iran will "make a deal" and “should have made a deal the first time.”