At least three sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln have reportedly tried to jump into the ocean, but Trump says their deployment is “not nearly long enough.”
He has kept the carrier at sea for nine months fighting his Iran war, including a record 208 straight days without touching land. This week, crew member families broke their silence, describing meals of half a cup of rice and two tortillas, and weeks without hot water. When a reporter told Trump on Friday that they were worried, he said, “No, they’re not.”
The Navy insists suicide attempts aboard have not risen. But on August 3, a rescue helicopter pulled a sailor from the sea. Trump promised the Lincoln will be swapped for “another very similar ship.” His plan is one boat replacing another, with 5,000 people aboard whose families he refuses to hear.
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