President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns over the living conditions and mental health of personnel on a US aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East and says the ship will soon rotate out.

Asked by reporters whether family members are worried about the situation on the USS Abraham Lincoln, Trump responds, “No, they’re not.”

Trump also rejects that the ship — now in its ninth month at sea — has been deployed for too long. “No, no, no, not nearly enough,” he says.

Additionally, he has confirmed reports that the Lincoln is due to be rotated with a replacement aircraft carrier as the United States remains locked in a stalemate with Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz and the country’s nuclear programme.

“That ship is moving right now or very shortly and it’s being replaced with another very similar ship,” Trump says.