“I thought it was terrible what he did, to write a letter. I mean, this isn’t a class on literature. This is a captain of a massive ship that’s nuclear powered, and he shouldn’t be talking that way in a letter. He could call and ask and suggest,” Trump advised reporters Saturday throughout a White House briefing on coronavirus.

Trump added, “I thought it looked terrible, to be honest with you.”

He additionally criticized the service for its scheduled port visit in early March to Vietnam.