Trump announces new "Trump class" of Navy battleships

Nithavela · Dec 23, 2025

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 "two brand-new, very large, largest we've ever built, battleships." He later said he expects to build a total of 10 ships in short order, and ultimately 20 to 25. He made the announcement flanked by renderings of ships that were referred to as "Trump class."

Trump announces new "Trump class" of Navy battleships

President Trump announced plans to build a new "Trump class" of battleships, part of the Pentagon's new "Golden Fleet."

www.cbsnews.com

Landon Caeli · Dec 23, 2025

More power. Yes.

GoldenBoy89 · Dec 23, 2025

Seems unnecessary with our “No New Wars” president.

Desk trauma · Dec 23, 2025

Hooray for not fighting the last war but rather fighting the one 4 or 5 wars (depending on what counts) before that.

GoldenBoy89 · Dec 23, 2025

Also… naming the class after a overprivileged draft dodger is sure to help boost morale.

Nithavela · Dec 23, 2025

Let's hope our good friend @Aryeh Jay gets to captain it.

Tinker Grey · Dec 23, 2025

Well, the good news, probably, is that they have no plans, no blue prints, and no hope in hades in ever getting it built. He'll be dead and the funding cut long before it could ever launch.

durangodawood · Dec 23, 2025

Nithavela said:
He made the announcement flanked by renderings of ships that were referred to as "Trump class."

Notable oxymoron.

RDKirk · Dec 23, 2025

Tinker Grey said:
Well, the good news, probably, is that they have no plans, no blue prints, and no hope in hades in ever getting it built. He'll be dead and the funding cut long before it could ever launch.

Being in the DoD today is probably like living in Peaksville in The Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life.”

ranunculus · Dec 23, 2025

Nithavela said:
Let's hope our good friend @Aryeh Jay gets to captain it.

Or at least MC one of the on-ship golden ballrooms

durangodawood · Dec 23, 2025

Can they get one built soon enough for Trump and Maduro to sign Venezuela's unconditional surrender on deck? And then go north for Greenland's surrender?

Desk trauma · Dec 23, 2025

Perhaps building these will be industry supporting the freedom cities that are going to pop up any day now?

Servus · Dec 23, 2025

This is just a distraction from the ballroom.

Larniavc · Dec 23, 2025

Tinker Grey said:
Well, the good news, probably, is that they have no plans, no blue prints, and no hope in hades in ever getting it built. He'll be dead and the funding cut long before it could ever launch.

They have concepts of plans…

mindlight · Dec 24, 2025

Nithavela said:
Trump announces new "Trump class" of Navy battleships

President Trump announced plans to build a new "Trump class" of battleships, part of the Pentagon's new "Golden Fleet."

www.cbsnews.com

Gold elephants

7thKeeper · Dec 24, 2025

And there's a reason why battleships aren't in use anymore. Does make sense to name an out of date ship class according to this guy though.

Pommer · Dec 24, 2025

7thKeeper said:
And there's a reason why battleships aren't in use anymore. Does make sense to name an out of date ship class according to this guy though.

With steam catapults!

Laodicean60 · Dec 25, 2025

This won't fly

7thKeeper said:
And there's a reason why battleships aren't in use anymore. Does make sense to name an out of date ship class according to this guy though.

I agree, unless we plan another D-Day invasion, after all, shells are cheaper than drones.

BCP1928 · Dec 25, 2025

In all fairness to the Navy, the idea is not as stupid as Trump makes it sound. The "Trump class battleship" is not the same as, say, the Iowa class battleships that the name "battleship" invokes nor does it fulfill the same purpose tactically. What the Navy wants is a fast strike cruiser as a component of the modernized fleet they are trying to build. There are problems with getting such a thing built which may prove insurmountable, but the concept itself is entirely reasonable. Selling it to Trump as the worlds most powerful battleship was a genius way to get the thing approved.

Yttrium · Dec 25, 2025

Sounds like a battlecruiser to me. Fast, cruiser armor, heavy firepower. If they can get that railgun working, that would be sweet.

On the other hand, if enemies could get a railgun working, this ship could be a nice big target.

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