{"id":2646126,"date":"2026-08-17T15:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-reports-of-conditions-on-uss-abraham-lincoln-as-fake-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:45:45","slug":"trump-blasts-reports-of-conditions-on-uss-abraham-lincoln-as-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-blasts-reports-of-conditions-on-uss-abraham-lincoln-as-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump blasts reports of conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln as \u2018fake news\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-blasts-reports-of-conditions-on-uss-abraham-lincoln-as-fake-news%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump dismissed concerns over the prolonged deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln amid tensions with Iran, calling reports from CNN \u201cfake news.\u201d He stated that the ship has been in the region for a typical period and that it is well maintained,citing a conversation with an admiral who confirmed the ship\u2019s good condition and longer deployments in the past. The USS lincoln has been at sea for over 260 days,setting a record for the longest continuous at-sea period without port visits,prompting concerns about sailors\u2019 mental health. While Trump defended the deployment\u2019s length,Navy Secretary Hung cao acknowledged the mission\u2019s necessity and downplayed mental health issues,citing limited dialogue and small incidents as manageable. Cao criticized media reports as dishonest, though some were acknowledged as true, and noted family members met with Navy leaders to discuss the situation.The deployment was originally scheduled to end in May but was extended due to operational demands.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> downplayed the extended deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln amid the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> war as part of dishonest reporting from the White House press corps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat was a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"732\">CNN<\/a> fake report,\u201d Trump told reporters on Monday while speaking in the Oval Office. \u201cThe Lincoln has been out there for a period of time, good period of time, but over the years, we\u2019ve had them out there much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4687453\/trump-uss-abraham-lincoln-fake-news\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Fake news\u2019: Trump downplays USS Abraham Lincoln deployment concerns<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4690076\/trump-calls-jon-ossoff-pee-wee-herman-natalie-harp-comments\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump calls Jon Ossoff \u2018Pee-Wee Herman\u2019 in response to Natalie Harp comments<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4689539\/ossoff-rip-trump-close-natalie-harp-human-printer-second-plane-white-house\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ossoff rips Trump over closeness with White House aide in new Democratic attack line<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president then said he had spoken with an admiral over the weekend who claimed he had been on ships for a longer period of time than the current deployment and that the ship was well maintained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe said, \u2018I\u2019ve been on ships that are out there much longer than that, sir. And I know people on the Lincoln. They say it\u2019s beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of. And other people went out, and they found out to be true.\u2019 It was fake news reporting from CNN,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USS Abraham Lincoln has been deployed in the Middle East for more than 260 days, as reports of deteriorating conditions come into light and as family members of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sailors\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"5695\">sailors<\/a> on board plead for help. The ship has set a modern Navy record for the longest uninterrupted time at sea without a port visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, when asked Friday if the USS Lincoln deployment had gone on too long, said, \u201cNo, not nearly long enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But acting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/navy\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"602\">Navy<\/a> Secretary Hung Cao recently said the ship would return home and sought to downplay criticisms that sailors were facing mental health problems during the long deployment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Lincoln was extended because the mission demanded it. Deployments are hard,\u201d Cao <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SECNAV\/status\/2088349887427674388\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cCombat operations make them harder. War is hell and normal routines are disrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4689482\/supreme-court-rejects-trump-renewed-appeal-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit\/\">SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRUMP\u2019S RENEWED APPEAL IN E. JEAN CARROLL LAWSUIT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cao also blamed the media for \u201cdishonest\u201d reporting while also conceding that some of the reports were true. Family members of sailors also met with senior Navy leaders this month, as 5,000 sailors have remained aboard the USS Lincoln since it deployed Nov. 21, 2025. The original deployment was supposed to end in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is also true\u2014Calls home were limited when the operational threat was too high,\u201d Cao said in the statement. \u201cA small number of mental health cases were treated with no loss of life. Meal plans were adjusted when fresh resupply was unavailable, without a single meal being missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump dismisses USS Lincoln deployment as fake news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2646127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26229648538989.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34247,39304,3634,84292],"class_list":["post-2646126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fake-news","tag-military-news","tag-trump","tag-uss-abraham-lincoln"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26229648538989.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646129,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646126\/revisions\/2646129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}