The Iranians were trying to get even for the Iranian tanker the Brits seized at Gibraltar for trying to break the embargo.

Trump says it won't last long as he would NOT involve us in Nation re-building after the war ended like previous administrations did to line the pockets of their supporters and themselves.

Send 6 of our carriers to the Indian Ocean to support air attacks by our land based assets like B-52s and B-1s and F\B-117 stealth bombers. Combine this with cruise missile attacks from our Subs and Cruisers. One week of heavy bombing of already pre-selected targets, then take a week off, then two weeks of cleaning up air strikes. The Iran should be just about finished and should be suing to surrender.