Trump news at a glance: president breaks with convention to name new battleships after himself
by Guardian staff from US news | The Guardian on (#72BHF)
Donald Trump is on a naming spree; Schumer asks Senate to back legal action over partial Epstein files release - key US politics stories from Monday 22 December at a glance
Donald Trump has announced plans for the US navy to build a new generation of warships - known as Trump-class".
The ships will be bigger, faster and a hundred times more powerful than any previous US-built warship, the president said on Monday. The project will begin with construction of two such battleships and eventually be expanded to 20 to 25 new vessels.
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