President Trump, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan are making a shipbuilding announcement from the president’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida on Monday, in response to a White Home official.
The White Home hasn’t given extra particulars concerning the announcement’s matter. The Navy’s Phelan introduced plans final week to construct a brand new class of warship as part of the president’s “Golden Fleet.” In a video he posted Friday to social media, Phelan mentioned the aim for the brand new Frigate class is to have American-designed ships made by Individuals, with an eye fixed on 2028 for launching the primary ship. The Trump administration is making an attempt to deal with U.S. shipbuilding shortfalls by means of a number of administrations, and beef up the US’ shipbuilding provide chain.
“We’re finished admiring the issue. Our focus is on readiness,” Phelan mentioned within the video. “With a sensible, fast, reasonably priced construct, we are going to ship the capability our warfighters want.”
The president’s announcement Monday comes because the Trump administration has constructed up the US’ elevated naval presence in Latin America amid tensions with Venezuela. The U.S. on Saturday introduced the seizure of a second vessel in worldwide waters, this one most lately docked off the coast of Venezuela, after the president introduced a “blockade” of all oil tankers coming in or overseas.
The president is spending the Christmas vacation at Mar-a-Lago, with a mixture of official occasions and {golfing} outings.
