US Deploys Aircraft Carrier To Caribbean As Trump Admin Pressures Cuba
by Tyler Durden
Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 05:00 PM
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The U.S. military command operating in the Western Hemisphere said on May 20 that an aircraft carrier strike group entered the Caribbean Sea, as the Trump administration heaps pressure on the Cuban communist regime.
In a post on X, U.S. Southern Command said that the USS Nimitz is now in the Caribbean and released video footage of the carrier group. Southern Command did not provide more details about why the carrier group traveled to the region.
The Nimitz, it said, "has proven its combat prowess across the globe, ensuring stability and defending democracy from the Taiwan Strait to the Arabian Gulf."
The Nimitz, commissioned in 1975, carried out joint naval exercises with the Brazilian Navy off the coast of Rio de Janeiro last week, the U.S. Embassy in Brazil said in a May 14 statement.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-deploys-aircraft-carrier-caribbean-trump-admin-pressures-cuba
