BREAKING: The U.S. is deploying minesweepers from Japan to the Middle East

Details:

- Trump announces that the U.S. will sink Iranian boats that lay mines

- High-ranking Iranian officials have stated that any U.S. ship entering the strait will be attacked

- The U.S. Navy appears to be planning a daring operation, amid the resignation of the Secretary of the Navy as a sign of his disapproval of such a move