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…Before the #Navy settled on its plans for the Trump-class #battleship, Phelan wooed #Trump to the idea by showing oil paintings of some of the service’s great battleships from earlier eras, #defense officials said.
In its $1.5 trillion defense budget, released earlier this week, the Trump admin is asking for $65.8 billion for shipbuilding, the second-largest shipbuilding budget proposal since 1955, according to Congressional Budget Office data.
This is tragic. With Phelan and Trump transforming our Navy, we could have been ready for WWII.
Not a typo.
Fathers, let this be a lesson to you.
Love your children.
Show that love.
Interact with them.
Let them know you care.
Otherwise they will be stuck as 8 year olds, always striving for Daddy's attention. Obsessed with material things like Cars, Planes, Trucks and Jewelry.
@Nonilex Sounds like Wilhelm II of Germany at the end of the 19th century. (Later Wilhelm started World War I).
Phelan’s job was to deliver the first of Trump’s #battleships by 2028, an impossible deadline.
On Wednesday, #Trump fired Phelan, who had struggled to come up with a plan to deliver the ships on the nearly impossible timeline that Trump has demanded, senior defense & admin officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.
#JohnPhelan is the first service secretary to be forced from the #Defense Dept during this admin, though he is far from the only senior #Pentagon official to be dismissed. Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined more than two dozen generals & admirals over the past year, including the Army’s chief of staff, Gen Randy George, earlier this month. #Hegseth has also butted heads with the secretary of the #Army, Daniel P. Driscoll, over promotions & a host of other issues.
The churn of senior #Pentagon officials at a time when the US #military is engaged in #war with #Iran has alarmed top #Republican & #Democratic members of #Congress.
The Pentagon did not respond to questions regarding the circumstances surrounding Phelan’s dismissal. Phelan could not immediately be reached for comment.
The breaking point for Phelan, who often said that he & #Trump texted & talked on the phone regularly, came in the last 2 weeks as Trump’s frustration over Phelan’s management of his prized battleship program grew & Phelan’s enemies in the #Pentagon, including #Hegseth & Deputy Defense Secy Stephen A. Feinberg, mounted a campaign to force him out.
Earlier this month, Hegseth & Feinberg told Trump that the #Navy secretary was not a team player & needed to go, military ofcls said.
#Trump called Phelan to talk about his poor relationship with other leaders in the #Pentagon.
Feinberg & #Hegseth had recently seized some decision-making authority from Phelan, tapping a three-star admiral to oversee the #Navy’s submarine portfolio & having him report directly to Feinberg.
That left Phelan with oversight of the major investment in new ships that Trump has called a “golden fleet,” built around the president’s beloved #battleship program.
Presidents rarely pay close attention to military procurement, but #Trump has spoken repeatedly about his plans for a new “Trump-class” #battleship. In a February speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg, NC, Trump insisted that he had helped design the new class of ships that bear his name.
“I put a little more spirit in the hull,” Trump told the troops. “I want that ship to look gorgeous, you know.”
#MilitaryReadiness #kakistocracy #Navy #GovernmentSpending #narcissism
@Nonilex So he’ll get someone to rush it and we’ll get very expensive, very shitty ships. Exactly as expected from Trump.
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