Bangladesh, Dec. 23 -- US President Donald Trump has announced plans to build a new class of American battleships, reviving a warship category long considered obsolete and framing the move as a dramatic answer to what he describes as Americas growing naval vulnerability. Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago residence on December 22 during what the White House labeled a “major announcement,” Trump claimed the proposed vessels would be “100 times more powerful” than any battleship ever constructed, signaling a bold – and controversial – shift in US naval strategy.

Flanked by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, Trump outlined plans to approve const...