Trump’s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary’s Ouster

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WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships.

Trump’s dreams for a battleship led to his Navy secretary’s ouster

The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.

John Phelan Waited at White House for Over an Hour To Beg Trump To Save His Job: Report

AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file Former Secretary of the Navy John Phelan waited to meet with President Donald Trump for over an hour on Wednesday before begging him to save his job. Phelan’s senior aides learned of his ouster from a social media post announcing he would be leaving the administration “immediately,” U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had called Phelan earlier in the day to ask for his resign…

Trump’s Navy chief fired for failing to deliver ‘nearly impossible' dream: NYT report

A New York Times report on Thursday revealed more details behind what led to President Donald Trump's decision to fire Navy Secretary John Phelan. Trump apparently wanted Phelan to deliver on building a new class of battleships by 2028, but "the timeline was nearly impossible," according to The Times. Trump had even bragged about the planned ships, saying just days before Christmas at Mar-a-Lago, what he anticipated they would be. "They’ll be th…

TheVoiceOfJoyce Hegseth’s remaining and with the firing of Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, a “personal friend “ of Trump’s, Hegseth is solidifying his power. He hired Hung Cao, someone who speaks his language! Fortunately, there’s pushback from 100 As

Yesterday Secretary of the Navy John Phelan spent the day talking to lawmakers about the Navy’s plans for new ships and about the Pentagon’s huge budget request only to get a call from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asking him to resign. Phelan is a billionaire businessman who had no previous military experience but who raised millions of dollars for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes, Natasha Bertra…

One Day Before Ouster, Phelan Touted Need for New Budget, New Business Practices, New Battleship

Then-Secretary of the Navy John Phelan delivers a keynote address just hours before unexpectedly departing the job. Photo credit: Laura Hatcher. Editor’s note: This story appeared April 21 in Seapower’s Show Daily at Sea-Air-Space. On April 22, Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced on X that John Phelan was leaving the administration; other media reports said he had been ousted. Undersecretary of the Navy Hung Cao is now acting secretary of …