The White House said an aircraft carrier was headed to North Korea — here’s what they said when it went the other way

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 11: US President Donald Trump speaks during a strategic and policy discussion with CEOs in the State Department Library in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) on April 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

As the administration figures out how it wants to approach North Korea, President Trump promised that he would be sending an “armada” to the country. Nearly a week later, it was discovered that the aircraft carrier Trump spoke of was headed in the complete opposite direction, toward Australia.

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According to White House officials, the administration was acting on information from the Department of Defense. The New York times reports that a “glitch-ridden sequence of events” led to the misstatement.

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According to POLITICO, the White House has deferred to the Pentagon for comments, while the Pentagon has deferred to U.S. Pacific Command.

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