The "New York Times" claimed: Thousands of American soldiers are ready to renew the war. According to Ferraro, quoted in "The New York Times", this media claimed that the American military forces in the Air Force and Navy, stationed on more than 12 warships and military bases in the Middle East and the United States, were put on alert by order of Donald Trump. The US War Department claimed that these forces are ready to resume large-scale combat operations against Iran.