Set aside: this claim can't be checked against events, so it is not scored.
P242
The Gerald Ford aircraft carrier was withdrawn from the war theater after 3 weeks because it was useless in actual combat, not due to a laundry room fire
What Jiang said
“The Pentagon withdrew the Gerald Ford because it was actually useless in war... its radar, its guidance system are all very limited.”
Analysis
The official story about a laundry room fire is cover. The Pentagon withdrew the Gerald Ford because its radar and guidance systems are too limited for combat operations.
Status history
- 2026-05-23 · Pending (glm)
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2026-09-25 ·
Pending → Unverifiable
(manual)
Not a forecast (claim audit 2026-09-26, operator-approved): in the 2026-03-26 lecture Jiang described something already true or under way. He states 'The Pentagon withdrew the Gerald Ford because it was actually useless in war,' describing a past event's cause rather than predicting a future one.