Ought to call these self brushing cruisers blunderbusses, not far off the archaic design philosophy etc. Y'all remember his lecturing a flight deck about the superiority of steam catapults over magnetics? Foreshadowed the bath we're taking.
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 5h agoCost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
![• The NYT revealed that one of its freelance reporters, Matthew Cole, has been fighting a subpoena from Donald Trump’s Justice Department since February, as part of the administration’s effort to force him to reveal his sources for a story about a failed secret mission in North Korea. [NYT]
• In response, Reporters Committee President Bruce D. Brown noted that over the last 25 years, “There have only been three attempts in national security leaks cases to force reporters to name their sources.” Now, he added, “We have four attempts—that we know of—in the space of a few months.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/bafkreifsxijrz2y4tgn7w5tznwtyzzlzo4263qzoiynjisvoius52kkglm)
