Trump instructs U.S. Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats if they harass U.S. ships
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The reviewed set contains two North Korea statements, dated August 8 and September 19, 2017, and two Iran statements, dated January 4 and April 22, 2020. Deduplicating their named state targets gives two states: North Korea and Iran.
April 22, 2020 directive concerning Iranian gunboatsIran and North Korea are named in four reviewed force threats from 2017 to 2020 · Retrospective count through the last statement in the reviewed set
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Trump said he instructed the Navy to shoot down and destroy Iranian gunboats if they harassed United States ships at sea.
Opening paragraphs and quoted presidential postTrump ordered the Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats that harassed United States ships · superseded evidence record
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Trump said he instructed the Navy to shoot down and destroy Iranian gunboats if they harassed United States ships at sea.
Opening paragraphs and quoted presidential postTrump ordered the Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats that harassed United States ships · Trump issued the conditional Navy direction on April 22, 2020