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Trump Posts AI Images as USS Abraham Lincoln Crew Complains

8/16/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump posted AI images on Truth Social while dismissing sailors’ concerns on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Trump said families were not worried, the deployment was short, and he and Kim Jong Un got along GREAT.
The crewman's wife told CNN her husband felt “stuck in a floating metal prison” for 200-250 days aboard.
She said at least two sailors attempted to jump overboard and another was rescued.

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U.S. President Donald Trump posted AI images on Truth Social while dismissing sailors’ concerns on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Trump said families were not worried, the deployment was short, and he and Kim Jong Un got along GREAT.
The crewman's wife told CNN her husband felt “stuck in a floating metal prison” for 200-250 days aboard.
She said at least two sailors attempted to jump overboard and another was rescued.