Donald Trump used a Christmas‑time event at Mar‑a‑Lago to unveil what he called the US Navy’s new “Golden Fleet,” announcing that he has approved plans to build two brand‑new, extremely large battleships as the first step in a much bigger capital‑ship program. He said the vessels will be “the largest battleships in the history of the world,” claimed they will be “100 times more powerful” than the Iowa‑class ships like USS Iowa and USS Missouri, and described them as 30,000–40,000‑plus‑ton flagships combining large‑calibre guns with “tremendous numbers of missiles” as a cheaper, more lethal answer to modern surface warfare.