US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
The Lincoln’s deployment has been extended past 240 days at sea as the Navy shifts carriers to the Middle East and weighs smaller ships.
- The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East, leaving the region without a U.S. aircraft carrier as President Donald Trump focuses on Iran.
- Trump's administration is "doing the exact opposite" of its stated withdrawal goal, while the Lincoln has spent more than 240 days at sea, stretching the Navy's 11 aircraft carriers to their limits.
- Beijing is leveraging the carrier's absence to demonstrate regional dominance, conducting recent naval exercises near Scarborough Shoal and Japan; analyst Bryan Clark noted China uses this to show the U.S. is "not the big dog" anymore.
- American allies in the Pacific are unsettled by the administration's unpredictability, with Greg Poling, director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, saying Beijing "is quite happy with US distraction, with the frustration of US allies and partners."
- Top Navy officials, including Admiral Daryl Caudle, are exploring smaller ships to reduce carrier reliance, as Michael Swaine of the Quincy Institute's East Asia Programme argues drones and missiles make large carriers increasingly vulnerable targets.
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The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific and expected to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East.
U.S. pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
The USS George Washington is departing the Pacific and expected to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East amid growing concerns about mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed carrier. The Lincoln has had its time at sea extended from its original May return date to support operations against Iran.
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US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of the nation’s aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships.
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