US President Donald Trump unveiled the brand new naval “Golden Fleet” of battleships at a briefing from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Seashore, Florida, on Dec. 22, 2025. (Reuters/Yonhap)
The US has introduced plans to construct a brand new “Trump class” of naval warship as a part of a brand new “Golden Fleet” to switch out of date vessels.
On the Mar-a-Lago resort on Monday, US President Donald Trump held a press convention with Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Navy Secretary John Phelan to announce the plans for the brand new fleet.
The US president introduced that two new battleships can be added as a part of a “Trump class,” including that the last word goal is so as to add 25 new battleships to the US fleet.
Trump stated the brand new vessels will likely be “the quickest, the largest, and by far — 100 occasions — extra highly effective than any battleship ever constructed.”
Contemplating that Trump has beforehand criticized US Navy vessels as being outdated and “terrible-looking,” the newest announcement appears aimed toward rebranding the Navy in response to his style.
The newly revealed idea artwork depicts a vessel outfitted with laser weapons and missile launchers. US media outlet Axios reported that “a picture of Trump elevating his fist is emblazoned on the again.”
The US president additionally stated in the course of the press convention on Monday that the brand new frigates within the fleet will likely be constructed by means of cooperation with the Korean agency Hanwha. That raises expectations that the MASGA initiative to “make American shipbuilding nice once more” as mentioned in a latest Korea-US summit — in response to which Korean companies spend money on the American shipbuilding business — will transfer into excessive gear within the new 12 months.
“Final week, the Navy introduced a model new class of frigate, and so they’re going to be working with the South Korean firm Hanwha,” Trump stated in the course of the press convention.
He described Hanwha as a “good firm” that “lately agreed to speculate US$5 billion in a Philadelphia naval shipyard,” in an obvious reference to the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, which Hanwha has already acquired.
By Jung Yu-gyung, workers reporter
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