“We have a situation right now where we sent a very big carrier group to Iran,” Trump said, adding that he would prefer to reach a deal but that Tehran had been “difficult.” His remarks came as the Pentagon ordered the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to redeploy from the Caribbean to the Middle East, increasing U.S. naval presence in the region amid heightened tensions. In the same speech, Trump also pointed to a sharp rise in U.S. defense spending and said the administration planned to build additional warships.