US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
The deployment leaves the western Pacific without a U.S. carrier and extends the Lincoln's time at sea to 268 days, officials said.
- The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East, leaving the region without a U.S. aircraft carrier as President Donald Trump focuses on Iran.
- Trump's administration is "doing the exact opposite" of its stated withdrawal goal, while the Lincoln has spent more than 240 days at sea, stretching the Navy's 11 aircraft carriers to their limits.
- Beijing is leveraging the carrier's absence to demonstrate regional dominance, conducting recent naval exercises near Scarborough Shoal and Japan; analyst Bryan Clark noted China uses this to show the U.S. is "not the big dog" anymore.
- American allies in the Pacific are unsettled by the administration's unpredictability, with Greg Poling, director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, saying Beijing "is quite happy with US distraction, with the frustration of US allies and partners."
- Top Navy officials, including Admiral Daryl Caudle, are exploring smaller ships to reduce carrier reliance, as Michael Swaine of the Quincy Institute's East Asia Programme argues drones and missiles make large carriers increasingly vulnerable targets.
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