President Trump indicates all current U.S. military assets will remain in place in Middle East

President Trump said late Wednesday that all U.S. military personnel and hardware would remain in the Middle East amid the ongoing ceasefire and negotiations with Iran.

"All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with," the president wrote on Truth Social.

Mr. Trump went on to say that if the terms of the deal were not met, "then the 'Shootin' Starts,' bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before."

He reiterated that the deal requires that Iran not develop or obtain a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz be "OPEN & SAFE."

"In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest," Mr. Trump added.