# More than 250 days at sea: Trump says deployment was ‘not nearly long enough’

https://mins.news/en/video/22554

- CNN, 2026-08-14 20:24 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQfUK8Q8gk

> President Donald Trump dismissed claims that families of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are worried about conditions on the aircraft carrier. The ship has spent nearly nine months deployed in support of Middle East operations, but Trump said its deployment had actually been “not nearly long enough.” Iraq war veteran and Armed Services Committee member Chris Deluzio responds.

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