Trump's 'Board of Peace'US carrier strike group is now in the Middle East region, sources say The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group is now in the Indian Ocean, putting it closer to assist in any potential US operations targeting Iran, two sources told CNN. More military action is NOT the solution, but rationality doesn’t mean much to Trump. We have seen in every military action he has embarked upon the build up of force before it is unleashed. He did it with the first Iranian Nuclear Strike, he did it with Venezuela and he is doing it again for the next Iranian strike. Trump likes hard hitting quick military action that doesn’t involve boots on the ground.