U.S. Navy Wants Trump to Start Building Ships

Posted On 09 Jan 2017

The U.S. Navy is proposing a lofty shipbuilding goal for the incoming Trump administration, boosting their requested budget in the wake of the president-elect’s vow to increase the size and strength of our seagoing fleet. The Navy is looking to build the fleet up to 355 total ships, a steep increase from the 274 deployable ships currently ready for battle. Whether they get what they’re looking for will depend on how tight Congress is with the purse strings.

From Fox News:

The Navy’s 355-ship proposal released last month is even larger than what the Republican Trump had promoted on the campaign trail, providing a potential boost to shipyards that have struggled because of budget caps that have limited money funding for ships.

While shipbuilding companies are seeing stocks rise in the wake of Trump’s election, some in the industry aren’t sure Congress is ready to come off the kind of money the Navy’s proposal would require.

“Boosting shipbuilding to meet the Navy’s 355-ship goal could require an additional $5 billion to $5.5 billion in annual spending in the Navy’s 30-year projection, according to an estimate by naval analyst Ronald O’Rourke at the Congressional Research Service,” reports Fox News.

That’s a sizable chunk of change, no doubt about it.

At the same time, though, our military has been carelessly pruned by the Obama administration for eight long years, and Trump has made it clear that he intends to turn that around. Some of the most worrisome countries in the world, including China, are building up their military capabilities – it would not do for the United States to fall behind, especially when it comes to marine dominance.

A recent poll showed that more than half of enlisted troops disapprove of President Obama’s tenure as commander-in-chief, and their biggest complaint was his refusal to properly fund the military. They are desperate for a president who will stand proudly for our armed forces instead of treating them as an afterthought. Or worse, guinea pigs for social theory experiments.

Whether or not the Navy gets all of their requested ships, they’ll have a commander-in-chief they can respect…and who respects them.

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MAHB001

There is an old saying. You will never get it if you do not ask for it.
- bill14729 .
  
  They were but Obama wasn’t listening
MAHB001

I think these next four years will tell us just how damaging 0bama’s spending spree has been.
- Jean Langford M.
  
  FACT..NOT FICTION.
Laura

Obama absolutely was trying to crash the USA economy and to also flood the country with so many illegals that they over run the natural citizens of the country making it near impossible to disrupt the illegal voting base that Obama also has emboldened.He has consistently ruled in favor of Isis and Muslim risk populations releasing against all military recommendations sending the worst of the worst from Gitmo back to the feild to kill our soldiers. How HOW people can anyone not see that this man has been the Muslim Trojan horse destroying this country from with in.
When it comes to the military we are in such a dangerous situation with 4 wars and the possibility of real issues with IRAN that it does not matter how much the military asks 4 they need to find the funds and get this rebuild moving day 1

We are here because we believe in Trumps message He is the first in a decade to want to work across the isle with Democrats many of his policies actually more democratic than republican. That is why the republican never Trumpers worked so hard to keep him out. This is the peoples president regardless of party. If the republicans do not work with him this could turn on a dime and end up being more supported by democrats thus saving their party. The hurdle now is to pull back the seeded hatred planted by the Clinton Obama election rhetoric. Its all good to try and blame this on Trump but he is a counter puncher not a hit first candidate . I hope that the meetings and dinners at the white house with both parties present start right away. Just pretend the naysayers do not exist and do what ever it takes to better this country and bring both sides to more centered equal footing. That way we all win which is how it is suppose to work. Term limits will go a long way of gutting this party politics that has actually only hurt this country since Bill Clinton was elected at least
- Deert
  
  Obama’s plan for the US: world-wide caliphate.
  - Jean Langford M.
    
    FACT…NOT FICTION.
- Gary D Flatt
  
  The ONLY reason he and Soros couldn’t make it was due to fracking on private land, and the weakness of the ERO. It wasn’t because they didn’t try.
  - Harry Rainey
    
    I think God had a hand in it too.
- Jean Langford M.
  
  CONCISE PERCISE SYNOPSIS…PERFECT.
R Monty

LEAD THROUGH STRENGTH AND POWER ! NO COUNTRY IS GOING TO FIND AMERICA’S MILITARY LACKING ANYMORE!! EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT REAGAN DID!! BUILD THE MILITARY AND WATCH RUSSIA TRY TO KEEP UP!! IT BANKRUPT RUSSIA AND MADE OUR NAVY THE KINGS OF THE SEAS!! SADLY THOUGH WE HAVE FALLEN BEHIND SOME COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF OBAMA’S TREACHERY AND STUPIDITY!!
- Irene Elizabeth Grooms
  
  RUSSIA IS NOT THE ONE TO WORRY ABOUT AT THIS TIME. ITS IRAN AND NORTH KOREA .SINCE THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT THE HACKS THAT RUSSIA DID IT WELL I DON’T BELIEVE THAT ONE BIT.
  - Jean Langford M.
    
    BECAREFUL OF A BEAR BEING LEAD BY A “KGB” OPERATIVE….YOU COULD FIND YOUR “NUTS” IN A VISE.”
  - thereasonableman
    
    Even Trump admits it was the Russians now- probably because CIA and FBI showed him what Putin has on him- probably not treasonous or criminal, just more female genital grabbing or porn
    by the masher in chief. Would you leave your 16 yr old daughter in the same room alone with him?
    - jug
      
      All fake news and bull shjt!
      They have nothing, it was made up and the main author is now running for his life or in hiding!
      
      BuzzFeed, CNN, the Comunist News Network and traitor John McCain spread the lies!
- Jean Langford M.
  
  TRUTH IN A SYNOPSIS….ABSOLUTLEY ON TARGET.
jug

The ONLY US president ever to be in a war EVERY DAY of his 2 terms, 8 long years!

And still never win or accomplish a single worthwhile thing!
- jimmy midnight
  
  You’re badly mistaken. There hasn’t been a day in my 73 yrs. of life when USA has not been at war. Obama is the polar opposite of unique in constant warmaking.
  - JCluvsTrump
    
    LIAR!!! October 5th, 1960, we were not at war. Get it together gramps, you derelict.
    - jimmy midnight
      
      First American casualty in Vietnam happened in 1945. American trainers had been deployed there by 1956.
  - Daniel Brofford
    
    I was in the military from 75 until 78and we were not at war then.
    - jimmy midnight
      
      Between Cambodia and Angola, there was stuff going on.
  - jug
    
    Jimmy, you are either, the mistaken one here, or else just a flat-assed liar!
    
    I am a number of years older than you, and can state unequivocally that you are dead wrong!
  - Pete Dillon
    
    You are senile or demented or both. You smack of a socialist education. Since it’s so bad here why don’t you move to N. Korea or Cuba?
    - jimmy midnight
      
      Kinda comfortable and happy in USA, despite our rulers’ war-loving tendencies.
- EMIRCITNA
  
  ….other than AIDING our enemies!!!
- thereasonableman
  
  OBL is still dead, along w/ many AQ and ISIL leaders. And the US no longer has 10s of thousands deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, US casualty lists way down- That’s’ what he was elected to do in ’08 and ’12. If you think you can do better go join the Kurds, I’m sure they can find a spare AK or M4 for you. Or if you’re not to old or fat, go Airborne or Marine.
  - jug
    
    OBL isn’t dead because of BHO!
    He drug his feet forever, before his underlings went around him and sent the team out!
    Had to pull him off the golf course to even observe!
    
    Way more servicemen lost on BHO’S watch than the rest of the hostilities. And hundreds of thousands more civilians!
    
    He has been the worst president it the history of our country, and I have had the opportunity to compare a lot of them, personally, during the last 80 years!
    
    The dumb, no nothing kids elected the POS that has been stirring the pot, and then cowardly dropping the ball for the past 8 years! Finally, the adults have had enough of mass insanity!
- edward martis
  
  Additionally; this war has been going on for , approaching 16 years—–WW 2; as far as America was concerned; lasted 44 months——-Ocrap will go down in US history as the WORST president, this country has ever had and I am sure that ocrap; being a hard core communist, will be very proud of what he has done. to the USA….
_Steve_

Ships require manpower to deploy, and other costs. Do we also increase our personnel/expenses to commensurate? Ports will need to added, of course. Might as well increase our capability to handle 2 world wars simultaneously.
- Junius Graham
  
  It requires good judgment, honest contractors, no lobbyist and vigilant Citizens to build a great defense department, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The Coast Guard has been under both Civilian and
  Navy Control through out history. These groups have been used as Political weapons instead of defense
  against our enemies, both within and foreign! The last sixty years are proof of this.
  - Jean Langford M.
    
    TRUMP WILL BE ON THE CONTRACTORS ASSES LIKE FLIES ON SHIT.
- Jean Langford M.
  
  SANE ADVISE AT THE TOP OF THE “RESET” AGENDA !!!
Jean Langford M.

OPEN OIL RESERVES IN ALASKA….OPEN FEDERAL LANDS TO OIL EXPLORATION…REVOKE TRAITOR IN CHIEFS OIL DRILLING BANS OFF ALL FOUR COASTS ( THIS INCLUDES ALASKAS NORTH COAST )…OPEN GOLD MINES IN ALASKA (CURRENTLY SUBMERGED IN EPA TRAITOR IN CHIEFS REGULATIONS) AND USE GOLD TO PROP UP U.S. DOLLARS AND GOLD RESERVES……. PAY DOWN DEBT WITH PETRO DOLLARS…FINISH PIPELINE FROM CANADA TO INCREASE REVENUES FOR CRACKING PLANTS AND SHIPPING……NOT AS SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS…MAY NEED RATICAL MOVES…NATIONALIZING OIL COMPANIES WILL NOT AND WOULD NOT BE POPULAR ( WHICH IS A UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THE LEAST )…REDIRECT REVENUES IN PROPORTION TO BUDGET NEEDS…EXPELL FORGEIN MINING COMPANIES….REPLACE WITH U.S. OWNED MINING COMPANIES….”MAKE SURE THAT OUR NATIONS NATURAL AND MATERIAL ASSETS ARE USED AND SOLD BY AMERICA’S COMPANIES, AND GOVERNMENT ONLY.” THERE IS A HUGE LIST OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO PAY DOWN THE NATIONAL DEBT….UNFUND THE UN= $4,000,000,000.00 ANNUALLY…STOP “ALL” PAYMENTS TO OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES/STOP SUBSIDIZING TERRORISM AGAINST OUR SELVES…THIS IS A TASTE OF BILLIONS IN THIS LIST THAT COULD BE USED TO PAY DOWN OUR DEBT…IT IS TOTALLY UP TO “US” AS CITIZENS TO MAKE SURE THIS GETS DONE…..IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO “HAMMER” THOSE BASTARDS IN WASHINGTON TILL “ACTION IS TAKEN.”…”WE ARE AMERICA.”…THESE ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS…OPINIONS…BUT IT IS A “START” IN THE PROCESS OF “GETTING IT DONE.”
Chuck

The good news is that Trump wants a true robust blue water navy. The bad news is the Navy is committed to wasting billions on a shallow water navy ignoring the need for mission capable destroyers, cruisers, submarines and carriers. Building more very expensive amphibious ships to placate the Marine Corps is a gigantic waste. Who, when, where and why are we going to invade as we did in WWII? The Marines are living in the past and refuse to realize progress has preempted its role in over the beach invasions. A few amphibious ships is a prudent decision. Many is a foolish waste of money better directed to countering current threats.
Why is the Navy spending billions on the LCS program that has proved to be mission incapable in every scenario? Cost over runs for these so called ships is scandalous.
As a wise comedian has said, and I paraphrase,” A Navy created by geniuses and run by idiots.” I have no confidence that given the funding to do so the Navy brass will funnel these funds to warships and submarines, not ships that only provide deep draft commands (amphib and service force ships) for aviators striking for carrier commands.
Trump had better bring in a tough no nonsense Secretary of the Navy. The current one is a sad joke more interested in political correctness than war readiness. Where is John Lehman when we need him?
- Gary D Flatt
  
  I agree, with new technology it’s a changed world. America has to keep up. Drones are our future, whether we like or not. The American people are already preparing for it. Hence all the computer games.
Michael Lamendola

This article is crap. What poll. Show use the data. Useless morons posting b.s and pretending it is real. Why do we need 350 ships? Russia is our friend and China has no navy. So who we going to fight.
- Gary D Flatt
  
  It’s a guarantee that WE never have to.
Gary D Flatt

A hundred million dollars spent on Obama’s vacations alone? Absurd. The guys addicted to Kobe Beef at 100.00 a pound. I don’t think that they serve that were he’s going.
- carla AMERICAN
  
  I hope they serve him pork for every meal. Please tell Trump to have Trey Gowdy at his inauguration so he can arrest the obama’s.
Deplorable Lanie

Regardless of what happens we must rebuild our Military. We are at pre WWI levels and that is not good. We will have a Commander in Chief that does respect our Military forces, which will be a welcome change after the last 8 years!
- Jean Langford M.
  
  YES..!!! .YOU KEEP THE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH…YOU NEGOTIATE PEACE FROM OVER WHELMING MILITARY FORCE.
TOM P O’DONNELL

JOHN MCCAIN NEEDS TO STEP DOWN OR BE IMPEACHED. MCCAIN IS A DEMOCRAT MOLE.
- Jean Langford M.
  
  FACT…NOT FICTION…
The Capatin

From an old sailor… Build them. We need them! Nine days, ladies and gentlemen… Nine days.
TOM P O’DONNELL

Last night’s BS session, very small not big like a Trump rally in Alabama. Go Jeff Go.

Nice try communists. You fooled us for eight Shiite years. Now it our time to rebuild what you destroyed. Good riddence to Obama Bin Lenin bin Laden. When
the communists brag Obama got Bin Laden. Ask them who gave Bin Laden five months to get away before he was forced to act. Why he left the Pakistani doctor to be tortured daily in a prison and never negotiated for his release? To save reward money 25 mil. Every day he has his feet beat and worse. Paul O’Neal and seal team six avenged 911. Obama did lose seal team six to his allies in the CH47 shootdown in a set up ambush.

It seems Obama has a leave behind mentality as well as his lead from behind tactics.Whether it is leave no carrier in the gulf, leave two navy boats to be captured by an Iranian fisherman with an ak47. Then comes relieving. The admiral and the General who wanted to go rescue the witnesses. More media cover up anybody? Then there is Benghazi covered up and abandoned. What a legacy.

Thanks for nothing President divider. Thanks for reinforcing communism with your party of death to little children and communist propaganda. You have won the brainwashing war. Even the conservative media is afraid to say the word communist. They will say leftist,liberal, progressive and democrat but never the word communist.
They are afraid to be labeled a McCarthyite. If you label back with the Rosenberg label. They call you an anti semite. No one knows that the great American judge who sentenced the two communists to death was Jewish, Juge Kaufman. Google his one page sentence to see real American justice.

Now we have new doctors in the house, senate and a working CEO. The communist virus has been arrested and now comes the cure. Big medicine starting with American health care.
The good news is by 2018 Trump will have 70% of the vote anytime he needs it. The demo commos will have ten less senate seats and the beat goes on. The saying in a big family is first up best dressed. Trump starts work at three am. If you want the truth before the communist media can spin it. Just go to Trump twitter the real media.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/spiritofamericapartybook/2016/12/22/trump-got-here-just-in-time
- thereasonableman
  
  GWB let OBL escape in 2001 when he diverted forces from closing Tora Bora escape route. The McHales Navy guys couldn’t navigate their way around a bath tub and should have never been sent on a mission that wasn’t even necessary. Benghazi could have been prevented if congress authorized a Marine brigade for every embassy and consulate in Libya and every other unstable part of the world- but they won’t pay for it. What Paki doctor? Tommy Franks called Douglas Feith, of of GWB’s main guys on Iraq “the dumbest fucker in the room…” It was GWB, DC, DR etc that messed up by not planning what to do in Iraq that led to the whole mess that started about 10 minutes after Saddam’s statue got torn down.
  - TOM P O’DONNELL
    
    PAKISTANI DOCTOR WHO FINGERED BIN LADEN AND HIS LAIR. HE IS ENTITLED TO 25M. STILL IN PRISON IN PAKISTAN IF HE IS STILL ALIVE. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MCCHRYSTAL?
JCluvsTrump

Are these “deployable” ships or “deplorable” ships? I get confused sometimes.
carla AMERICAN

America needs to reopen steel manufacturing and stop selling ours to foreign countries then buying it back at exorbitant prices. We need our steel not to provide them with the means to build their ships.
Paul Brown

The ships will get built, but we need to figure out how they are going to be paid for.
- Michael Dennewitz
  
  Take back the MILLIONS that the HNIC stole from us. Then lock down the millions and millions that the clit-on corp stole from America. That would be a hell of a start!!
Michael Dennewitz

I still have this gut feeling that the HNIC has something tragic planned, just before the swearing in ceremony. He’s not stupid, but he also wants to go out with a bang. It’s just too bad that some highly trained SNIPER hasn’t nailed his sorry ass…..YET..
Harry Rainey

First Military order, end the Rules of Engagement. Our troop lives come first. Innocents die in war, it can not be helped. Second: Only qualified military newsman allowed on frontlines. Civilians remain in the rear and censorship on sensitive footage.
- thereasonableman
  
  What part of the First Amendment don’t you like? Except for disclosing troop movements and tactics in advance a la Geraldo Rivera, let ’em report everything they see- that and a draft army is what keeps the citizens involved what battles to fight- remember, Rome fell after its army went from citizen to mercenary.
  By the way, what’s badge? image too blurry to read
tCotUS

23.91% of our tax dollars goes for Military somewhere around 3-3.5 Trillion dollars… . Hopefully, Trump takes a long hard look before increasing that number. This means NO more $500 dollar hammers, or $600.00 toilet seats. The money is already there…But accountability is not !!
Pete Dillon

How about the psycho Lying Hillary Clinton or the rapist Bill Clinton or the “slush fund” Clinton Foundation? This BS smacks of socialist ideology propaganda. The libtards can’t accept losing their “sure thing” election. Hillary was exposed for her real psychotic self. Hopefully she will die from alcoholism and mental illness issues, so evident after her demeanor following her loss to Trump. Say goodbye Lying Hillary you are not relavent to the public or your husband.
jerrycollie

Hmm, does anyone else think maybe we should scrap our World War II ships and build new ones?
- Stella Fears
  
  Build them before the old ones ae destroyed.
- Arizona Don
  
  Both ships and airplanes.
  - jerrycollie
    
    Okay, I’ll tell Trump!
TOM P O’DONNELL

A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS HERE TO REBUILD THE NATION. SURE BEATS WHINING AND BLAMING. I LIKE 3 PRICE OIL. 1 FOR INDUSTRY. 1 FOR THE PEOPLE AND 1 FOR EXPORT.
ON JAN 20TH ANY MEDIA REPORTING ON THE FAILED PRESIDENT IS JUST IRRITATING THE PEOPLE. HE IS GONE AND HE SHOULD BE HIDDEN FROM SITE JUST LIKE HE HID THE 2,000 GI’S HE LOST IN AFGHANISTAN PLUS 20,000 WOUNDED AND COVERED IT UP WITH THE HELP OF THE QUISLING MEDIA.
Jo K

The US Navy is in La La Land if they think we can afford to give them $5 Billion to build super tankers to patrol Earth’s oceans. We have bigger fish to fry at this point. They will just have to live with the super tankers they have now.
Sicklesteel

I would just be happy for a starter, to disperse ALL OF OUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS to other ports rather than sitting all in a row at Newport….believe that is where they are. If the Russians or Chinese decided to try and take us out, we would loose our whole carrier fleet with one relatively small Nuke. That needs priority before we do anything to replace them.
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