US President Donald Trump said the US has effectively blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, saying, “we have the blockade. No ships get through unless we want them to.”

President Donald Trump dismissed concerns Friday over living conditions and the mental health of service members on a US aircraft carrier deployed against Iran, while confirming the ship would soon rotate out.

An unnamed White House official later clarified that Trump was joking. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump rejected that the Abraham Lincoln – now in its ninth month at sea – had been deployed for too long. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An unnamed White House official later clarified that Trump was joking. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump downplays concerns over conditions aboard the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, asserting families are not worried about service members' welfare.

Trump downplays concerns over conditions aboard the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, asserting families are not worried about service members' welfare.

President Trump is dismissing concerns that sailors were deployed for too long on the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier that's been at sea since late 2025 and served as a launchpad for ope

US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns about the toll on sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, who have endured a record deployment of almost nine months, saying that…

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home after a lengthy, record-breaking deployment which some crew members' families said caused their loved ones to attempt suicide, Navy officials announced Friday.

US president urges Americans to accept slightly higher gas prices for the 'great service' of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear bomb, dismisses concerns about conditions aboard aircraft carrier

Asked by reporters whether family members were worried about the situation on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Trump said “no, they’re not.”

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would "soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz waterway part of US territory after defeating Iran.

President Donald Trump refuted that families of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have raised concerns about the deployment's length.

The president refuted that family members have raised concerns about the deployment’s length and even said that the more than 240-day deployment is “not nearly long enough.”

President Trump says he might declare the Strait of Hormuz a "territory of the United States" and that a bit more pain at the pump for Americans will be worth keeping a nuclear weapon out of

Asked by reporters whether family members were worried about the situation on the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, Trump said "no, they're not."