Trump administration not quite sure where fleet is

White House officials have announced that the 'armada' that was ordered to waters off North Korea is, in fact, nowhere near waters off North Korea. The 'flotilla' has been reported cruising around near Indonesia "catching some rays and generally frolicking about in the sea" there.

When asked where the 'squadron' was going, a White House official responded, "The waters off North Korea, probably, maybe."

Some commentators have seen this as a deliberate plan to keep North Korean and Chinese governments off-balance whilst others have seen it as Trump being less of a hard man than he thought and changing his mind whilst trying to save face on this about turn.

North Korean officials have stated that they "were in no way intimidated by the size of the American aircraft carriers and it is pure coincidence that their leader, Kim Jong-Un is always pictured wearing brown trousers".