Pentagon Officials: Trump Sent ‘Important Warning’ to Iran

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels cross U.S. ships’ bows and sterns at close range while operating in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf on April 15, 2020. U.S. Navy photo

Senior Pentagon officials have characterized President Donald Trump’s statement on Iranian harassment of U.S. Navy ships as an “important warning.”

In that statement, posted to Twitter on April 21, the president said he had instructed the Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats if they harassed U.S. ships.