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On Monday (Dec. 22), President Donald Trump held court at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, announcing to the press that a new class of warships would bear his name. “They’ll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” he said of the vessels which he says will be part of the Navy’s “Golden Fleet.”
“The U.S. Navy will lead the design of these ships along with me, because I’m a very aesthetic person,” Trump said, with Navy Secretary John Phelan present along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The “guided missile battleships” are set to be the same size as Iowa-class battleships but have smaller crews and weigh half the size at 35,000 tons. Trump also said that AI will be used to help manufacture the boats.
