OREANDA-NEWS The situation with the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which is involved in the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, has become a "strategic disaster." About this in an interview with Lenta.<url>" said the former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1989-1992), visiting researcher at the Watson Institute for International and Public Policy at Brown University, Chaz Freeman.

"The scale of the strategic disaster caused by the President [of the United States Donald] Trump, following [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu in his wars against Iran and Israel's other neighbors, is now completely obvious to the American people," the source said.

Freeman also stressed that the scandal with the American Navy would negatively affect Trump's ratings and the prospects of the Republican Party in this year's midterm elections.

Earlier in the United States, it became known about the plight of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. This ship played an important role in the attack on Iran and Operation Epic Fury. Later, he took part in the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian ports, thwarting Tehran's attempts to export its oil. Because of this, the ship was delayed at sea and its voyage exceeded the permissible standards, which negatively affected the technical condition and morale of the team.