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Trump SPIRALS Over Navy Secretary Firing As Battleship Plans Go Sideways

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Donald Trump rambles over losing the Navy Secretary he liked with revealing response over battleship demands and infighting over his insane fleet plans. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!

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Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster

"President Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships.

“They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far — 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Mr. Trump boasted at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate and resort in Florida a few days before Christmas. Mr. Phelan, a billionaire investor who has a home near the club, stood next to the president as he made the announcement.

Mr. Phelan’s job was to deliver the first of Mr. Trump’s battleships by 2028.

On Wednesday, Mr. Trump fired Mr. Phelan, who had struggled to come up with a plan to deliver the ships on the nearly impossible timeline that Mr. Trump has demanded, senior defense and administration officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters."

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