‘Got The Design From G.I. Joe’
Minister Donald Trump introduced its new class so-called “battleships” on Monday, but their plans are already hitting choppy waters on social media.
The two “Trump Class” military ships will be “the fastest, largest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any warship ever built,” the president claimed in a statement from his Mar-a-Lago mansion.
Describing himself as “a very aesthetic person”, Trump noted that he would work with the US Navy on the design of the ships. Trump said the administration aims to create up to 25 ships, thus contributing to its goal of creating a “Golden Fleet.”
Images of the “USS Defiant” showed a ship firing what appeared to be a laser beam and launching missiles. The ship featured a logo depicting Trump raising his fist, as he did in the moments after the assassination attempt on him in Butler, Penn., last year.
Critics on social media, including author and media pundit Malcolm Nance, a retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer, disparaged Trump over the ship plans.
“WHOEVER DESIGNED THE TRUMP CLASS ‘BATTLESHIP’ GOT THE DESIGN FROM GI JOE,” Nance wrote.
