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President Donald Trump left 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams visibly uncomfortable Monday, turning a White House honor ceremony into an extended defense of the USS Lincoln’s record deployment.<\/p>\n

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Williams was invited to the Oval Office to receive a civilian honor for a viral rescue this summer.<\/p>\n

On July 25, Williams plunged into 8-to-10-foot surf at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz, California, to save a 10-year-old boy who had lost consciousness in the water, according to Good Morning America.<\/p>\n

Trump opened the ceremony by praising Williams for the rescue.<\/p>\n

“I understand he was a winner right from the time they first saw him as a lifeguard,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

Trump then turned to the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier at the center of a national debate over its record-setting deployment.<\/p>\n

“It’s been out there for a period of time, good period of time,” Trump said of the ship. “But over the years, we’ve had them out there much longer.”<\/p>\n

Trump cited a retired admiral he said approached him at a group meeting over the weekend to vouch for the deployment.<\/p>\n

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“He said, I’ve been on ships that are out there much longer than that, sir. And I know people on the lake, and they say it’s beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of. And other people went out, and they found out to be true,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

“It was fake news reporting from CNN,” he snapped.<\/p>\n

As Trump spoke, Williams avoided eye contact with the president and appeared visibly uncomfortable. After roughly 15 seconds, the 16-year-old put his head in his hands, appearing to wipe away sweat.<\/p>\n

Trump’s remarks appeared to be a response to a CNN report published Sunday by correspondent Pamela Brown, who spent three days aboard the Lincoln and described conditions as “messier than a single narrative.”<\/p>\n

The Lincoln has been at sea for more than 260 days, setting a modern record for a carrier deployment, ABC News reported.<\/p>\n

Trump had addressed the deployment just three days earlier, on Friday, when a reporter asked whether it had gone on too long.<\/p>\n

“No, no. Not nearly long enough,” Trump said at Joint Base Andrews.<\/p>\n

Ashley Rogers, the wife of an officer aboard the Lincoln, told Newsweek Trump’s comments were “selfish” and “disconnected from reality.”<\/p>\n

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