President Trump has made shipbuilding for the US Navy a top-level priority and is now announcing what he’s dubbed the “Golden Fleet”, which will consist of 25 cutting-edge, steel-made warships that will be “100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.”
Here’s more from Fox News:
President Donald Trump announced a new fleet of ships on Monday, known as the “Golden Fleet,” as he revealed he approved plans for two new “very large battleships.”
“As you know, we’re desperately in need of ships. Our ships are some of them have gotten old and tired and obsolete,” Trump said, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan.
Trump said the new ships would be “100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” in an address from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
“We haven’t built a battleship since 1994. These cutting-edge vessels will be some of the most lethal surface warfare ships … other than our submarines.”
Trump said the Navy would immediately start procuring two ships, working up to 10 and eventually 20 ships to 25 ships in total.
The announcement comes at a time when the Trump administration has elevated shipbuilding to a White House–level priority, establishing a dedicated office to oversee maritime industrial policy and signaling a broader push to expand U.S. naval capacity.