WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump dismissed concerns Friday over living conditions and the mental health of service members on a US aircraft carrier deployed against Iran, while confirming the ship would soon rotate out.
Asked by reporters whether family members were worried about the situation on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Trump said “no, they’re not.”
Trump also rejected the idea that the ship — now in its ninth month at sea — had been deployed for too long. “No, no, no, not nearly enough,” he said.
The president meanwhile confirmed reports that the ship was due to be swapped out with another aircraft carrier, as the United States remains locked in a stalemate with Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz and the country’s nuclear program.
“That ship is moving right now or very shortly and it’s being replaced with another very similar ship,” Trump said.
