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- President Donald Trump doubled down Wednesday evening on a threat to destroy Iranian gunboats that get too close to US ships.
- Earlier in the day, he tweeted that he has ordered the US Navy to "destroy" Iranian gunboats that "harass our ships at sea."
- At a White House press briefing later in the day, he said that "we don't want them anywhere near our boats" and that "we'll shoot them out of the water."
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President Donald Trump doubled down Wednesday evening on a tweet he sent earlier in the day threatening to eliminate Iranian gunboats that "harass" US ships.
"We don't want their gunboats surrounding our boats and traveling around our boats and having a good time," Trump said at a White House press briefing. "We don't want them anywhere near our boats."
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