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"Donald Trump revealed that "we had 111 missiles shot at one of our very valuable objects, something called an aircraft carrier" as he spoke at an event for Military Mothers' Day on Wednesday. "We had, recently, we had 111 missiles shot at one of our very valuable objects, something called an aircraft carrier. Think of this, 111 missiles, high range, high quality, speed missiles, very high, very fast, very top of the line. 111, out of 111 missiles shot at a, you know, well, it used to be, you'd like to say, a billion-dollar boat. Now they're about $18 billion. They're very expensive. But 111 coming at them at 3,500 miles an hour. All 111 were shot down and didn't even get close to the ship. And they're all laying at the bottom of the ocean along with the Iranian navy," he claimed. His speech came as reports suggested a deal could be close between the US and Iran. Earlier Trump posted on social media that "assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran." "If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," he added. On Tuesday night, Trump announced a 'pause' in so-called 'Project Freedom' - the plan to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz. On Monday, he had warned that Iran would be 'blown off the face of the earth' if it attacked his vessels. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in Beijing for talks with China's Wang Yi, had dubbed Trump's 'Project Freedom' as 'Project Deadlock': "As talks are making progress with Pakistan's gracious effort, the US should be wary of being dragged back into quagmire by ill-wishers." Around 2,000 ships are stuck in the Strait, with Iran blocking the key waterway to 'unfriendly' vessels - and the US blockading Iran's ports too. "
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