The move comes amid outcry from Democrats after the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts affixed Trump’s name to its sign in Washington.

Donald Trump’s name is being attached to a new class of U.S. battleships that will have nuclear capabilities.

Making the announcement at an event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Navy Secretary John Phelan referred to the warships as “Trump-class battleships" and said a forthcoming vessel dubbed the USS Defiant will be “the largest, deadliest and most versatile and best-looking warship anywhere on the world’s oceans.”

Trump’s eponymous battleships will be armed with guns and missiles, as well as hypersonic weapons, electronic rail guns and high-powered lasers.

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    It was probably easier for the DoW to pretend that this cruiser is a battleship than to make Trump understand that the battleships he keeps demanding are useless in a modern war.

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    Next Dem should reclassify “Trump Ship” to mean the shittiest possible boat. Leave it as a classification, just redefine it

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      Guy is so vain. If it isn’t a re-badge of a project. Lay a keel or two and they’ll rot in the yard before completion.

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      If this was a just world, it would be the name of the leaky prison hulk that he’s chained up inside.

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    I’m calling it: Trump is one Western movie watch away from ordering the military to bring back cavalry.

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    The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a Golden Fleet.

    golden ship

    Dunno. They’re quite easy to spot, aren’t they?

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    Bastard is trying to put his name so many places it’ll be damned near impossible to get rid of them all.

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    There won’t be any battleship.

    This is just another grift to streak the government coffers dry

    Same with the " golden dome", “doge”, etc… all scams so his buddies can get lucrative contracts.

    Even so, this is suuuuch a sad thing. A five year old would make a fantasy battle ship and name it after himself. Its pathetic

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    Is this like space force or the golden dome? Ie. a steaming pile of bullshit from the Swiss cheese mind of a dementia ward patient??

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      Space force might actually be a good idea, despite all the bs and misrepresentation. I can’t claim to know anything about military chain of command but if they say it’s beneficial to have a separate org focusing on space assets like satellites, I have no reason to claim otherwise

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    Dude, I was literally thinking this a couple weeks ago, Trump bringing back battleships is completely on brand for him and I’m surprised honestly it took him this long