Trump says USS Lincoln’s deployment was ‘not nearly long enough’
Trump said the carrier’s deployment should continue as families report supply shortages, plumbing failures and mental health crises aboard the ship.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump told sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln they "hadn't been stuck on board nearly long enough," as the carrier remains nine months into a deployment scheduled to end in May.
- The Lincoln has spent more than 260 days at sea, a modern record for a U.S. carrier, while families report moldy showers, broken toilets, and severe food shortages affecting the roughly 5,000 crew members.
- Multiple sailors have attempted to jump overboard during this extended deployment, with one military wife describing her husband being rescued from the water and placed on a medical hold.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed reports were "completely misrepresented," prompting Rep. Mike Levin to respond, "The least their country owes them is hot water, a working toilet and a real meal."
- The USS George Washington departed Da Nang, Vietnam, last week and is transiting toward the Middle East to relieve the Lincoln, offering a potential end to the crew's operational isolation.
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Saturday Report 8/15/26 — Trump Shocks 5,000 Sailors With Remark About Their Nine-Month Deployment…
Share— Trump stuns 5,000 exhausted Sailors: nine months at sea isn’t “nearly long enough.” Roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines have been stuck aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for over 250 days leading some to suicide attempts, but Trump says they haven’t suffered nearly long enough. When reporters asked him about the deployment that’s making headlines in the wake of reports of moldy showers, broken toilets, weeks without laundry, and one dinner tha…
Trump Brushes Off USS Lincoln Crisis, Declares Nine-Month Navy Deployment 'Not Nearly Long Enough'
President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier that has spent nearly nine months at sea supporting American operations in the Middle East amid the war with Iran, and said its more than 260-day deployment was 'not nearly long enough'. Asked by reporters whether families of the crew had raised worries about mental health and living conditions on the ship, he replied simply,…
Trump: Lincoln Deployment ‘Not Nearly Long Enough’
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For more than eight and a half months, USS Abraham Lincoln has been in action. President Trump says the operation "does not last nearly long enough."
The conditions aboard an aircraft carrier have caused a stir.
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