Trump is expected to announce plans for a new Navy ‘battleship’
December 22, 2025
The White House is expected to announce plans to build a new, large warship that President Donald Trump is calling a “battleship” as part of a larger vision to create a “Golden Fleet.” That’s according to people familiar with the plans. Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery is now a senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and familiar with the discussions. He says the announcement will include a new, large “surface combatant class” of ship and as many as 50 support ships. Trump is to make the announcement Monday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where he is to be joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Navy Secretary John Phelan.