The Trump Class Golden Fleet of warships will be the chief instrument to project power onto the seas, protecting the movement of military forces and preventing enemy use of the sea to transport military or sanctioned goods.
They are used to protect, blockade, and attack enemy merchant shipping. These ships will counter China and other adversaries, protecting goods.
President Donald Trump announced a new fleet of ships on Monday, known as the “Golden Fleet,” as he revealed he approved plans for two new “very large battleships.”
“As you know, we’re desperately in need of ships. Our ships are some of them have gotten old and tired and obsolete,” Trump said, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Navy Secretary John Phelan.
Trump said the new ships would be “100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” in an address from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
“We haven’t built a battleship since 1994. These cutting-edge vessels will be some of the most lethal surface warfare ships … other than our submarines.”
Trump has made shipbuilding a priority.
🚨 BREAKING: Trump announces he has APPROVED a new class of U.S. Navy ships called the Trump-class
“They will be the fastest, the biggest, and by far, 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” 47 said 🔥🇺🇸
This is the “GOLDEN FLEET” pic.twitter.com/Bx1CtTxf5t
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 22, 2025
The administration wants the US to once again dominate the seas. The purpose is to protect America. It is America First.
“Trump-class” battleship, the USS Defiant—the biggest and most deadly warship since WWII. Packed with hypersonics, lasers, and nukes, America’s Golden Fleet will dominate the seas like never before. You won’t believe how massive this beast is! pic.twitter.com/K3euCLMLHF
— Surflick (@Surflick) December 23, 2025
The Trump Class Battleship
No more small-time terrorists like the Houthis will venture forth. In fact, I hope people noticed Secretary Hegseth ended that. The media didn’t cover the success.
I guess these super ships are being built to go to war against China when they attack Taiwan and we come to their rescue. I can’t imagine having any fear of any Muslim Navy.
The “TRUMP BATTLESHIPS” will be a nice accompaniment to the TRUMP Air Force 6-th generation air superiority F-47 FIGHT !!! FIGHT !!! FIGHTER !!!
The biggest ship that can fit through the Panama Canal can carry over 17,000 Intermodal containers.
To me in this day and time with what we have seen in Ukraine I would take a container ship and modify it so you can rotate two columns of stacked containers so they spin around vertically and the containers at the bottom are now on top.
Each container would be loaded with drones with a verity of strike packages between all of the containers on board the ship.
Park the ship 500 miles off the coast, press the button that brings up the containers with 1000 – 1500 mile range drones, open the door and it self launches drones with one thousand pound warheads to “soften up the beach.”
Once satellite intel says it’s safe bring the ship within 25 miles of the coast, push the button to bring up the containers with the smaller drones with a range of 50 miles and a warhead of 50 pounds to take out imbedded troops, ammo dumps, fuel storage, trucks, tanks etc.
Continue to launch the 1000 – 1500 mile drones to destroy factories, military bases and rail lines deep within the country.
Perhaps a few containers of loiter drones with more fuel but less explosives that can remain on station for hours.
Once those drones have done their work park the ship five miles off the coast and push the button that brings up the containers with thousands of smaller FPV drones with little five pound explosive heads to wreak havoc for any enemy combatant who is carrying a gun.
Use US Marine hovercraft (LCAC) to bring containers of full of FPV drones onshore to support US troops as they push inwards.
Have a few empty Intermodal containers that are full of workstations for the drone operators as they move out over the countryside with the grunts on the ground.
Add a few Arey Burke Destroyers to the strike package to defend the Drone Ship from enemy attack.
Mean while back home or in a friendly port there is another Drone Ship setting sail to relieve the ship as it runs low on drones.
To cut down on the transit time use USA merchant ships to bring the standard size Intermodal containers full of drones to forward base friendly ports.
I would have our shipyards build twelve to eighteen Drone Ships to cover all of the oceans.
That is what I would do if I was POTUS.
That sounds like a great idea, but surface ships these days are sitting ducks. I prefer our Navy to build more submarines of all types.
Eleven aircraft carriers alone and the Navy wants even more. A toolbox doesn’t only contain just a hammer.
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