Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews · Diplomatic & national-security press — DC
Lucas Tomlinson covers the Pentagon and White House for Fox News.
Speaking to reporters at Andrews, President Trump predicts the war with Iran will end “immediately” after the midterm elections.
In 1987, the U.S. Navy had 15 aircraft carriers and a fleet of nearly 600 ships. Today, the fleet is half that size with 11 aircraft carriers. During the Gulf War, six aircraft carrier strike groups were in theater in the Middle East. Today, two.
Then Sen. JD Vance in 2024: “We don't make enough munitions to support a war in eastern Europe, a war in the Middle East and potentially a contingency in East Asia. So the United States is fundamentally limited."
Vance says 15 million barrels of oil came out of the Strait of Hormuz "last night."
Vice President Vance says shipping traffic in Strait of Hormuz is "almost back to where it was before the conflict even started."
2 killed in Iranian ship attack in Strait of Hormuz https://t.co/sUBXCScjIE
Iran attacks another ship in Strait of Hormuz, second time this week https://t.co/3ptjD9mkrR
Iran attacks oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz after Treasury Secretary announces ‘Economic D-Day’ https://t.co/bzdnfvzPtp
State Dept puts $10 million bounties on heads of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in addition to Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei https://t.co/XsDfAk51Pd
Now official: Treasury Department rescinds Syria’s listing as a “State Sponsor of Terrorism.”
Turkey shares a 330-mile border with Iran.