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Klarkashton

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6. The Reagan administration was building unnecessary

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2025, 06:33 PM

Dec 22

Battle ships too. The hangover from all that shit was horrible.

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President unveils new 'Trump class' fleet of battleships [View all] moonshinegnomie Dec 22 OP

This Asshole JBTaurus83 Dec 22 #1

It's why he's had so many bankruptcies. Beartracks Dec 22 #7

Puppy Killer and Kash seem to be wasting money pretty well. travelingthrulife Dec 23 #54

Billions? Hundreds of Billions more like it bucolic_frolic Dec 22 #2

Do they have bone spurs? 31st Street Bridge Dec 22 #3

Good one! chouchou Dec 23 #44

Who is building these? Are there plans? 🤔 Srkdqltr Dec 22 #4

The American shipbuilding industry is on life support and cannot produce these ships . . . or any other ship AverageOldGuy Dec 22 #5

Yes, thats what i thought. Srkdqltr Dec 22 #9

All surface ships are targets, now more than ever. Shipwack Dec 22 #34

15 years? So, Dementia Donnie will be 94, out of office... CapnSteve Dec 23 #48

In 2 weeks. Beartracks Dec 22 #8

He's co-designing them himself. That really is what he said. muriel_volestrangler Dec 22 #10

As soon as I get through laughing hysterically I'll be having a nice barf. ms liberty Dec 23 #61

Russia orangecrush Dec 23 #51

The Reagan administration was building unnecessary Klarkashton Dec 22 #6

Not building, but taking out of storage, no? Shipwack Dec 22 #36

Yes, they took WW II Iowa class Battleships out of mothballs thought crime Dec 22 #40

Ask the USS IOWA (BB-61) how that worked out maxrandb Dec 23 #62

That was a horrible event. thought crime Dec 24 #66

I recall that they built new ones. It was a big deal at the time. Klarkashton Dec 22 #42

To be fair the tRump class will be AI controlled making it unsinkable yaesu Dec 23 #45

No. The Iowa-class battleships were the last battleships the United States ever put to sea. Aristus Dec 23 #59

So Dipshit is designing ships now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 22 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Dec 22 #12

LMAO. Kid Berwyn Dec 22 #13

DUzy! love_katz Dec 22 #25

They will never be built. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 22 #14

Thankfully the Fascist Felon will be dead before any of this sees the light of day. Dulcinea Dec 23 #53

Actual battleships? cab67 Dec 22 #15

"In the age of relatively inexpensive microprocessor Strelnikov_ Dec 22 #19

No, they appear to be oversize guided missile cruisers sarisataka Dec 22 #26

Just another way to get his damn name out there in public. calimary Dec 22 #16

They are already on sale at the Trump store Hey Joe Dec 23 #60

What an Asshole Akakoji Dec 22 #17

Gosh. Which hostile foreign power to whom Trump is indebted would benefit from this? Orrex Dec 22 #18

Well, officially we're the world's only superpower n/t Polybius Dec 22 #38

First of all, Bayard Dec 22 #20

Trump Class? Trump.... reACTIONary Dec 22 #21

pedo the felon has the "bone-spurs deferments" class Justice matters. Dec 23 #43

Thanks for beating me to it. Paladin Dec 23 #49

He's so good at putting down our military. And smearing ALBliberal Dec 22 #22

Umm, sir, gold leaf... reACTIONary Dec 22 #23

Not long before the good old USA becomes... Escape Dec 22 #24

It is questionable ..... reACTIONary Dec 22 #27

Hey America hadEnuf Dec 22 #28

30,000 to 40,000 tons? RetiredParatrooper Dec 22 #29

The Battleship became obsolete on December 7th, 1941, but that fact seems to have escaped Jack Valentino Dec 22 #30

I'm not sure that's totally true, especially in shore bombardment, but carriers had become much more important by then. Gore1FL Dec 22 #33

Cost overruns will be tenfold and it will sink at it's christening. Buddyzbuddy Dec 22 #31

Battleships were obsolete during WWII MissouriDem47 Dec 22 #32

Battle this mofo🖕🏼 oasis Dec 22 #35

I was sure that this was an article from The Onion. nt Shipwack Dec 22 #37

The way the navy does it is the class is named for the christened name of the 1st ship. JohnnyRingo Dec 22 #39

This is Trump's Vanity Project thought crime Dec 22 #41

"will bring back the Battleship" The Wizard Dec 23 #58

He is bringing chaos to the Navy. No one is saying how dangerous this could be. thought crime Dec 24 #67

No American president has ever named ships or institutions after himself--until now. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 26 #69

Another TACO Fantasy That will never happen. MissouriDem47 Dec 23 #46

Doesn't congress have to approve the expenditure? Or is this like the $40 billion Argentina LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 23 #47

Hey D.U. Old Salts! orangecrush Dec 23 #50

Batteships are dinosaurs. marble falls Dec 23 #52

The last battleship on battleship engagement Battle of Surigao Strait Historic NY Dec 23 #55

Battleships are nothing more than money-traps and vanity pieces for a 21st century leader Torchlight Dec 23 #56

Congress hasn't budgeted a dime The Wizard Dec 23 #57

Trump's dream-boat will never happen. thought crime Dec 23 #64

Him and Eric setting around playing Battleship to come up with nonsense? Bengus81 Dec 23 #63

MaddowBlog-Trump names battleship class after himself, advancing his personalization crusade LetMyPeopleVote Dec 23 #65

Here are some previews of trump's new "battleship" LetMyPeopleVote Dec 25 #68