@dailymailpolitics: Donald Trump's Navy is facing renewed scrutiny after a warship lost all power while deployed in the South China Sea, stranding sailors without drinkable water, food, air conditioning or working toilets for four days. A generator failure aboard the USS Benfold on July 24 left the destroyer without power. Other Navy ships were called in to provide meals to the crew as the Benfold was towed to port in the Philippines, where sailors were put up in shore housing. Full power was not restored until July 30 and no injuries have been reported. The Navy did not disclose the incident for nearly a month, according to The Washington Post. The outage comes as the Trump administration faces criticism over extended carrier deployments in the Middle East, including that of the USS Abraham Lincoln, where reports of desperate sailors throwing themselves aboard have angered military families. #news #politics #trump #navy
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Tuesday 18 August 2026 17:32:27 GMT
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sobriety is boring :
when you say "Trumps navy" you know the news is trash. its America's navy
2026-08-18 17:58:52
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The Law is the Law :
Fake news. Funny to watch the people eat all of this up knowing none of this is true. Absolutely hilarious
2026-08-18 18:39:49
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demonslayer :
Impeachment now blue wave coming in November
2026-08-18 18:54:31
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DrRosenRosen :
Yeah Trump ran down all those ships in two years!
2026-08-18 20:17:35
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Dad Bod American :
I don’t believe this at all!!!
2026-08-18 19:56:53
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jeffreyhall79 :
So how Bad was Kamala/ Obama Again 🤔
2026-08-19 03:25:19
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Theisles11 :
Worst run war in history
2026-08-18 20:26:23
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Troy Barrios :
Daily Mail just discovering that equipment, vehicles, and vessels require maintenance and sometime breakdown, next article, the Navy sails on water? stay tuned 🤣
2026-08-18 20:58:19
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amrsuc :
I did my time in navy. Been to Middle East. I think they’re dragging it a bit via news n social media. Buuuuut, we’re not at war. wtf are we doing. There’s just no respect. Why are other countries having it better than we are and we’re supposed to be best. I believe we still are the best but man we are declining rapidly.
2026-08-18 19:50:44
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hussiii31 :
His going to get destroyed in the midterms
2026-08-19 08:02:08
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DomDom :
The ship is true navy ships are very outdated and anything can break wether it’s new or old. The fact people are blaming trump is fucking crazy he literally has nothing to do with it
2026-08-19 22:20:58
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BTwhipping :
Why do liberals care about the navy now? I
2026-08-18 19:14:09
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effincarter :
Yeah… navy recruitment will decline immensely
2026-08-19 22:15:48
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Luis P ( INFERNO ) :
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ... amazing.. just amazing..
2026-08-19 20:05:29
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Chris Scott ✨️ ACE :
4 days is crazy
2026-08-19 18:34:34
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Sailormom :
Keep lying. Karma is coming
2026-08-19 22:18:12
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klowerki :
God is saying enough of the warfare destroying lives
2026-08-19 18:03:25
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user495361642954Mike :
He did start a war, without congressional approval, in the Middle East. All the other presidents have prepared the services before engaging in war. It is his fault! He didn’t know what to do and didn’t listen to the real experts
2026-08-19 05:10:44
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GIRRLIHEARD :
He has no idea what he's doing but yall voted for Satan so I'm going to get my coffee. 😂
2026-08-19 10:34:58
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Josh :
Is America Great Yet??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
2026-08-18 22:21:29
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ugamass :
Somewhere Admiral Lisa Franchetti is savoring this moment she knew was coming
2026-08-18 19:20:31
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press play :
now thats a scandal!!
2026-08-18 22:31:20
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Serg :
The Worlds Best Military become the joke of the world under this administrations oversight. Smh
2026-08-19 02:25:46
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SamFlint25 :
I like this administration it’s showing the problems within the US military so hopefully they can be fixed
2026-08-18 18:05:55
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