Trump weighs ground-force options inside Iran as war strategy evolves

President Trump is weighing multiple options to deploy U.S. ground troops inside Iran—ranging from hundreds of special forces to thousands for weeks—with aims such as securing the Strait of Hormuz, seizing Iranian oil facilities, or retrieving highly enriched uranium, in a plan that officials say would be high risk but could accelerate an end to the war; any move would avoid large-scale invasions and comes amid energy concerns, political backlash at home, and strategic splits with regional allies.