"Midnight Hammer" Reborn? Trump Deploys Massive Armada Toward Iran with an Ultimatum: Negotiate or Face Total Destruction

In a major escalation of "Maximum Pressure 2.0," President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that a massive U.S. naval armada—led by the USS Abraham Lincoln—is transiting toward Iran at high speed. Describing the force as larger than the fleet recently deployed to Venezuela, Trump warned on Truth Social that "time is running out" for Tehran to return to the negotiating table for a "fair and equitable" deal that permanently bars nuclear weapons.

The President explicitly referenced "Operation Midnight Hammer," the June 2025 stealth mission where B-2 bombers decimated Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow and Natanz. Trump cautioned that any subsequent military action would be "far worse," emphasizing that the U.S. is "ready, willing, and able" to fulfill its mission with "speed and violence" if necessary. Analysts view this as a blunt effort to leverage military deterrence into a definitive diplomatic surrender before regional tensions boil over.