"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Donald Trump has announced plans for the US navy to build a new generation of warships known as Trump-class. The ships will be bigger, faster and a hundred times more powerful than any previous US-built warship, the president said on Monday. The project will begin with construction of two such battleships and eventually be expanded to 20 to 25 new vessels."
"Phelan told reporters: The future Trump-class battleship, the USS Defiant, will be the largest, deadliest and most versatile and best-looking warship anywhere on the world's oceans. I want to thank the president for his vision to make this game-changing capability for the United States navy. The Iowa was designed to go on the attack with the biggest guns and that's exactly what will define the Trump-class battleships: offensive firepower from the biggest guns of our era."
"Past battleship classes were typically named after US states. But Trump, whose name already adorns many hotels and golf clubs, is currently on what critics describe as a narcissistic spree. Earlier this month his administration renamed the US Institute of Peace in Washington after him. Last week the Trump-appointed board of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington voted to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center and a sign was added, despite the move requiring congressional authorisation."
Donald Trump announced plans for the US Navy to build a new generation of Trump-class battleships that will be bigger, faster and a hundred times more powerful than prior US-built warships. The program will begin with construction of two vessels and could expand to between 20 and 25 ships. Navy Secretary John Phelan praised the class as largest, deadliest, most versatile and best-looking, saying American victory at sea would be inevitable when the USS Defiant appears. The decision departs from past practice of naming battleships after US states and follows recent renamings of federal cultural and peace institutions after Trump.
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