The Pentagon is sending a second aircraft carrier group – the USS Gerald Ford – to the Middle East, according to a senior administration official and a source familiar with the matter, a move that puts pressure on Iran even as President Donald Trump has said talks with Tehran will continue.

U.S. President ⁠Donald ⁠Trump on Friday embraced potential regime change in Iran and ⁠declared that "tremendous power" will soon be in the Middle East, as the Pentagon sent a second aircraft carrier to the region.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is being sent from the Caribbean Sea to the Mideast to join other warships and military assets the U.S. has built up in the region.