DONALD Trump’s imposing nuclear-powered USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived in the Middle East for a potential showdown with Iran. The US redirected the huge aircraft carrier bristling with

US-Iran tensions escalate as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group arrives in the Middle East, a deployment linked to severe internal unrest and anti-government protests within Iran

The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is now in the Middle East, having been redirected from its Indo-Pacific deployment to the region in recent weeks as tensions with Iran increase, USNI News has learned.