President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Stephanie Ruhle with more details and analysis.

President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Stephanie Ruhle with more details and analysis.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    To be fair, if they were willing to have the Lincoln leave the region, they could resupply at a number of other US bases around the world. They just want to keep it nearby so that it can continue to be a threat to Iran and offer some protection to the ships and bases nearby.

    They could send another carrier strike group to cover for it, but they want to continue to shoot fishermen in the Caribbean, threaten China, and patrol the east and west coasts of the USA. And, it would be embarrassing to have to pull out of RIMPAC.

    What’s shameful is that the US bases in the region were so poorly thought out / poorly protected. The main US navy base in the middle east was past the Strait of Hormuz in Bahrain, and had to be abandoned after the Iranians kept hitting it with missiles. Even if it had been adequately defended, they might not be able to resupply it right now because to get supplies in means getting them past the Strait.

    If the possibility of a shooting war with Iran was even vaguely considered, having the main base in the region be one you needed to pass the Strait of Hormuz to access seems like a bad plan, as was having one that’s only 200 km from Iran’s coastline.