The US is deploying the world’s largest warship towards the Caribbean, marking a major escalation in its military build-up in the region.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, which can carry up to 90 aircraft, to move from the Mediterranean on Friday.
The US has been increasing its military presence in the Caribbean in recent weeks, sending other warships, a nuclear submarine as well as F-35 aircraft in what it says is a campaign to target drug traffickers.
Isn’t this the exact thing that Trump has been criticizing China for doing?
Uh… Trump doesn’t really criticize China on that, he’s made it clear he understands/believes they’re just representing their interests
Trump has been pretty consistent in thinking countries should be able to do this sort of thing, at least before his brain totally melted
Nobody ever accused him of being consistent.