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Rhiannon12866

(249,251 posts)
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 07:45 PM 13 hrs ago

Trump Announces "Golden Fleet" Battleships for U.S. Navy - C-SPAN



Trump announces building of "Golden Fleet" battleships for the U.S. Navy. “We are calling it the Golden Fleet that we are building for the United States Navy… I have approved a plan for the Navy to begin the construction of two brand-new, very large, the largest we've ever built, battleships.” - Aired on 12/22/2025.

Full video here: https://www.c-span.org/event/white-house-event/president-trump-announces-plan-to-build-new-battleship-class/439101
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Trump Announces "Golden Fleet" Battleships for U.S. Navy - C-SPAN (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago OP
More like the "golden" fleecing of you and me... wcmagumba 13 hrs ago #1
Our last Battleship was commissioned in 1944 BOSSHOG 12 hrs ago #2
I could not agree more. Does this mean he wants to start another war? It's just one taxpayer funded expense Rhiannon12866 12 hrs ago #3
I can safely say he will be long gone when any such Ship BOSSHOG 12 hrs ago #5
I have mixed reactions about this announcement. TexasTowelie 12 hrs ago #4
You are absolutely right my friend BOSSHOG 12 hrs ago #6

BOSSHOG

(44,585 posts)
2. Our last Battleship was commissioned in 1944
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:08 PM
12 hrs ago

And retired in 1992. Much thought was put into those decisions. No thought whatsoever put into trumps latest vanity purchase. A casual reminder, 58,000+ Americans died in Vietnam. A war trumps daddy got him out of because trump was and is a coward. Have we received an estimated bill yet? Has anyone who knows about such stuff in the Navy been consulted? What will be the mission of the new ships? Does trump give a fuck? No.

The Epstein file must be horrid. Trump admitted to guilt when he had the DOJ do intensive scrubbing. Hes just one sick fuck from start to finish. Let us never forget he is the leader of the Republican Party and its members are fine and dandy being led by a rapist, convicted, felon and most likely a pedophile. Never forget that. Oh the books to be written.

Rhiannon12866

(249,251 posts)
3. I could not agree more. Does this mean he wants to start another war? It's just one taxpayer funded expense
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:15 PM
12 hrs ago

And we know that the felon-in-chief is terrible with money...

As for the Epstein files, he can only hide his involvement for so long. And we know what he was accused of by both E. Jean Carroll and Stormy Daniels, these were underage girls.

BOSSHOG

(44,585 posts)
5. I can safely say he will be long gone when any such Ship
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:22 PM
12 hrs ago

Is launched IF it ever gets off the drawing board. It’s easy to produce colorful pictures.

DONT FORGET DU TEAMMATES HES THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. PASS IT ON,

TexasTowelie

(125,123 posts)
4. I have mixed reactions about this announcement.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:20 PM
12 hrs ago

I understand the need to modernize our fleet due to the increase in the number of ships being constructed in China. The aggressive posture they have taken towards their neighbors and in the South China Sea along with today's announcement about loading over 100 ICBMs warrants a build up.

However, I thought that battleships were out of favor because they provide a large expensive target as enemies gained more access to missiles which can be launched from all platforms: land, air, and sea. A ship with Trump branding on it will make it an even more desirable target to sink. I would dread having to take an assignment on anything associated with Trump.

BOSSHOG

(44,585 posts)
6. You are absolutely right my friend
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 08:26 PM
12 hrs ago

A large expensive target. Or to a serial lying morally degenerate conman, an expensive expendable target. And you me which distract from EPSTEIN for a day or two.

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