Trump warns “very big, very powerful ships” are sailing to Iran

President Trump warned, “we have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now,” and David E. Sanger, the paper’s national security correspondent, breaks down what to know in a video titled "Why Trump Is Going After Iran Now."

The presentation is a short video explainer in which Sanger provides analysis of the situation implied by the president’s comments.

The central quotation from Mr. Trump — about large, powerful ships sailing to Iran — is the explicit basis for the video’s examination of the timing and rationale behind the administration’s posture toward Iran.

Sanger is identified in the source material as the correspondent offering the breakdown; the material frames the content as an explanation of why the president is taking this stance now.

What is known from the provided material is limited: the president made the quoted warning and Sanger offers a breakdown in video form. The provided material does not specify further operational details, specific policies, or next steps.

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