“No doubt a lot of observers will note the confluence, and will put two and two together,” Jan van Tol, a retired Navy skipper who commanded warships in 7th Fleet, told Navy Times.
Carrier groups overlapping in a command is not unusual, van Tol said. However, he added, “What would be interesting is if one or both of the [West Coast-based carriers] made a port visit in Japan or South Korea.
“That might well be signaling to regional actors,” van Tol said…
Van Tol said he doesn’t see the carriers amassing in the region while Trump visits as one of those catalysts.
“Contrary to the crazyman stereotype of Kim Jung-Un, Kim and the regime are highly rational, if deeply evil,” van Tol said.