Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated about mental health and supply issues aboard the aircraft carrier supporting U.S. operations against Iran.

In a brief exchange with reporters before flying to New York for an event to highlight falling violent crime rates across the U.S., Trump refuted that family members have raised concerns about the deployment’s length and even said that the deployment — which includes a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days — is “not nearly long enough.”

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    1 day ago

    Well, I’m not sure that’s the correct use of the term but even if it were, my question is: why does nobody do that?

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      19 hours ago

      my question is: why does nobody do that?

      That’s the part I don’t get too.

      It seems like nobody has ever tried to stop the guy. The more he gets away with, the more shit he tries.

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        19 hours ago

        I think that part is just the authoritarian power structure. Everyone depends on him for their own slice, so keeping him in control is in their own interests.