Trump unveils new battleship class
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The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The U.S. Navy will buy two new “battleships” as part of the “Golden Fleet” effort,
A Chinese naval expert also questioned whether America's diminished shipbuilding industry is up to the challenge.
Trump announces he has approved a plan to construct battleships while standing next to some renderings with of the Trump Class warships: They will be the fastest, the biggest, and by far, 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built…. They’re longer by a little bit pic.twitter.com/sUYEAoWZ5h
The Bath shipyard's president, Charles Krugh, touted its reputation and qualifications in a statement after the president announced a plan to create a 'Golden Fleet.'
Historian’s note: “The last battleship in history to be built was the HMS Vanguard, completed in 1946; the last battleship commissioned by the U.S. was the USS Missouri, which was decommissioned in the 1990s,” Heather Cox Richardson recounted following the president’s announcement.
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President Donald Trump met with reporters on Monday in Mar-a-Lago to unveil a new battleship fleet for the U.S. Navy. He took questions after and said "Obamacare is a disaster, I call it the Unaffordable Care Act.