Daniel Keeler, the commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, as he prepares to fly an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 23, 2026. Navy via AP)President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing a major new strike on Iran after the Islamic Republic’s leadership failed to meet his demand for a negotiation on the country’s nuclear programme. But the US is in a much stronger position now as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group entered the Indian Ocean on Monday and is moving closer to Iran. It stated that while Iran is ready for honest and real talks with the US, Tehran does not think this is the kind of talk Trump is looking for. Trump may be able to start a war, but he has no control over how it ends, the report said.