The Nightmare on the USS Lincoln

The situation aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier is reportedly dire: broken toilets, shortages of water, rationed, lousy food, little access to laundry, or communication with their families, all while engaged with Iran and its proxies. It’s bad enough that at least two crew members have tried jumping overboard. 

But even though this deployment has been three months longer than usual, over the weekend President Trump said it wasn’t “nearly long enough.”

Guest: Ian Prasad Philbrick, Slate politics writer and writer of The Slatest newsletter.

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