U.S. officials revealed that the Pentagon is deploying three warships and thousands of additional Marines to the Middle East, while Trump insists he will not send U.S. troops into Iran. According to officials, approximately 2,200 to 2,500 Marines from the USS Boxer Amphibious Assault Group in California and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Force are en route to U.S. Central Command, which manages all U.S. military forces in the Middle East. This is the second large-scale deployment of Marines in the past week. Previously, the Pentagon had deployed the USS Tripoli, based in Japan, and the 31st Marine Squadron to the region. This report comes just one day after Trump stated that there were no plans to deploy U.S. ground troops to Iran. (Jin Shi)