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President Donald Trump unveiled a new "Trump class" of Navy battleships, describing them as a superior war fighting vessel to replace an "old and tired and obsolete" US fleet.
"They'll help maintain American military supremacy, revive the American ship building industry, and inspire fear in America's enemies all over the world," Trump said in revealing the new category of vessel from the library at Mar-a-Lago.
Flanked by renderings of the "Trump class" battleships at sea, Trump said he would take an active role in their design.
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