{"id":76625,"date":"2026-08-15T06:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=76625"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:36:46","slug":"shameful-despicable-trump-downplays-concerns-about-conditions-on-the-uss-abraham-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=76625","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>SHAMEFUL &#038; DESPICABLE: Trump Downplays Concerns About Conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76617\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-15-at-6.26.39-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-15-at-6.26.39-AM.png 592w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-15-at-6.26.39-AM-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1qg6i2u e1256wsi0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">WASHINGTON\u2014President Trump played down concerns about the living conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier that has been deployed for more than 250 days, and suggested the lengthy naval deployment in the Middle East was \u201cnot nearly long enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1qg6i2u e1256wsi0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">When a reporter Friday brought up servicemembers\u2019 families concerns regarding conditions on board the Lincoln, Trump replied: \u201cNo they\u2019re not. That ship is moving right now or very shortly, and it\u2019s being replaced with another very similar ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\">____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-downplays-concerns-about-conditions-on-the-uss-abraham-lincoln-8dc0ef46\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-downplays-concerns-about-conditions-on-the-uss-abraham-lincoln-8dc0ef46<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76630,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76625\/revisions\/76630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}