If USA is ‘winding down’ the Iran war, why are more warships heading in?

On Friday, as the US-Israel war on Iran entered its third week, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the US was "getting very close to meeting our objectives" and was considering "winding down" military operations.Within hours, the Pentagon confirmed it was sending thousands more Marines and additional warships to the region. The contradiction has become the defining tension of the conflict. What did Trump say?Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn before his post went up, Trump was direct: "I think we've won. All they're doing is blocking up the Strait. But from a military standpoint, they're finished." On a ceasefire, he was equally blunt: "You don't do a ceasefire when you're literally obliterating the other side," he told reporters, according to AFP.