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Trump's Decision to Send Aircraft Carrier to South America Will Leave Mideast and Europe with None
The USS Gerald R. Ford deployment targets drug cartels near Venezuela with 13 fatal strikes on drug vessels, leaving no U.S. carriers in the Mediterranean or Middle East.
- Recently, President Donald Trump ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier moved from the Mediterranean Sea to South America to intensify an anti-cartel campaign, leaving none in the Middle East and Europe.
- Framing the move as part of an anti-narcotics campaign, the administration says strikes on drug vessels have killed at least 57 people and accuses Venezuela's government of involvement.
- The Ford strike group includes five destroyers and joins eight warships, F-35B Lightning II fighter jets and a cruise-missile-capable submarine recently deployed.
- Analysts say the deployment raises high violence risk and instability, warning it could push out Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, while some lawmakers, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, back expanded operations authority.
- The shift comes after five carrier deployments to the Middle East since Oct. 7, 2023, and highlights a U.S. pivot to the Western Hemisphere after strikes on Iran and Houthi forces.
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Trump's decision to send aircraft carrier to South America will leave Mideast and Europe with none
President Donald Trump’s deployment of the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea.
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