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Mar 21, 2026

BREAKING: Trump’s “17-Direction Attack” Claim on U.S. Carrier Sparks Questions and Global Debate

BREAKING: Trump’s “17-Direction Attack” Claim on U.S. Carrier Sparks Questions and Global Debate

In a dramatic speech delivered in Miami, Donald Trump described what he portrayed as a tense and dangerous episode involving the U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford.

According to Trump, the massive aircraft carrier faced an extraordinary “17-direction” assault, allegedly involving a coordinated wave of Iranian missiles and drones striking simultaneously.

Trump painted a picture of chaos unfolding after midnight. He claimed that fighter jets were launched every 32 seconds in a desperate effort to defend the 100,000-ton vessel from what he described as a highly organized, multi-directional attack. If accurate, such an operation would represent an unprecedented level of complexity in modern naval warfare.

However, this account stands in sharp contrast to earlier statements from the Pentagon, which attributed the carrier’s temporary operational pause to a routine onboard fire.

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