Trump’s Battleship Plan Defies Modern Warfare

Trump has announced a fleet of "Trump-class" battleships despite a century of overwhelming evidence proving

these floating fortresses are obsolete relics of a bygone era. From Billy Mitchell's 1921 demonstrations

that aircraft could sink battleships, to the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor,

history has repeatedly shown that these massive warships are nothing more than expensive targets

in modern warfare. Yet here we are in 2025, with the President promising to spend

upwards of $100 billion on 20-25 battleships that military experts know will be vulnerable

to the same threats that doomed their predecessors—a testament to how political symbolism routinely

trumps strategic reality in American defense spending. When Trump claims these ships will