President Donald Trump on Monday called reports of deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln "fake" while clashing with a CNN reporter during a tense Oval Office exchange. When asked if there is enough food on the USS Lincoln, Trump responded, "There is. That was a fake CNN report.
Over the years, we had them out there much longer. An admiral told me, 'I have been on ships much longer than that, sir.' And people on the Lincoln say it’s beautifully taken care of." The spat occurred as the president honored a teenage lifeguard, Ryder Williams, who saved a 10-year-old boy off the California coast last month. Just before, as a CNN reporter attempted to ask a question, he butted in, and said, "Quiet!
You’re very disrespectful in front of this young man. He then asked Williams, seated beside him, "Don’t you find her disrespectful?" When the reporter told Trump the news outlet that she worked for, the president exclaimed, "You’re fake news. You’re a fake reporter." Last week, Trump said that families of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln were not concerned about the conditions, despite multiple reports from relatives and those on the ship.
Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the president was asked about those concerns around food and hygiene, after the ship surpassed 265 days at sea in the Middle East. "No, they're not," Trump said about families raising concerns, adding that the ship was moving and would be replaced by the USS George Washington. This is a breaking news article.
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