12-23-2025, 01:07 AM
President Trump announcing plans to buy up to 25 new battleships at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday. Behind him from left are Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the secretary of the Navy, John Phelan. Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times
Where Things Stand
New battleships: President Trump announced on Monday that the Navy would build two new “Trump Class” battleships, with the eventual goal of acquiring 25. The announcement by Mr. Trump was the latest example of the president rebranding an aspect of the federal government in his image. The Navy secretary, John Phelan, called the vessels “just one piece of the president’s golden fleet that we’re going to build.”
Greenland: Mr. Trump renewed his call for the United States to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory of Greenland, saying it was necessary for national security. “We have to have it,” he said. Earlier Monday,
Where Things Stand
New battleships: President Trump announced on Monday that the Navy would build two new “Trump Class” battleships, with the eventual goal of acquiring 25. The announcement by Mr. Trump was the latest example of the president rebranding an aspect of the federal government in his image. The Navy secretary, John Phelan, called the vessels “just one piece of the president’s golden fleet that we’re going to build.”
Greenland: Mr. Trump renewed his call for the United States to take over the semiautonomous Danish territory of Greenland, saying it was necessary for national security. “We have to have it,” he said. Earlier Monday,