At a press conference along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, Trump said he has approved a plan for the Navy to start building ...

President says the ships will be bigger, faster and a hundred times more powerful than any previous US-built warship Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Donald Trump has ...

New warships: President Trump said on Monday that the Navy would build two new “Trump Class” warships, with the eventual goal of acquiring 25. The announcement was the latest example of the president ...

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...

President Trump on Monday announced plans to build a new fleet of Navy battleships, anchoring what he called the Pentagon's "Golden Fleet." The president said he approved plans to begin constructing ...

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Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. President Donald Trump announced a bold plan ...

President Donald Trump has announced the construction of two new "Trump-class" battleships that would be the first in a "Golden Fleet" of Navy ships in the latest instance of Trump naming things after ...

The Navy plans to bring back its heavily armed class of warship known as battleships, and it will arm them with the most modern weaponry, including nuclear missiles, President Donald Trump announced ...

President Donald Trump on stage after speaking to troops aboard the USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, Oct. 28, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) President Donald Trump announced Monday the U.S.

(Bloomberg) --The US Navy announced plans to build a new class of warship as part of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Fleet” bid to revive US shipbuilding and address shortfalls in smaller ships ...

MAR-A-LAGO—President Donald J Trump and Secretary of the Navy John C Phelan, alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, announced on Monday, December 22, their intent to construct a new class of ...