Yes, the new Trump Class of large warships he's ordered...
and he's renamed the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the Trump-Kennedy Center...
and don't forget the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace....
where will it end???
Here are some fitting suggestions....
McTrump's Hamburgers
Trump's Hooters Restaurants
Trumpkin Donuts
TrumpLube
KenTrumpy Fried Chicken
The Ritz Trumpton
TrumpHut
and, of course....
TACOTrump!!!!
There should be a Nobel Prize for World's Most Swollen Ego. He'd win it for sure.

Watching the left go nuts over this.
Can’t wait to see what is next.

 
Just remember, Keep Christ in Christmas

so she "wins" her own naming list....
McFelcher's Hamburgers
Felcher's Hooters Restaurants
Felchkin Donuts
FelchLube
KenFelchy Fried Chicken
The Ritz Felchton
FelchHut
and, of course....
TACOFelch!!!!
And here's Felcher getting ready to FELCH!!!

I've been on flight carriers and a humanitarian aid ship, but never a "battleship". I mean, I played Battleship growing up, and I still occasionally play the Apple game that allows you to play with friends... So I had to go to Gemini AI to look up when the military stopped using the term battleship. Per Gemini:  

While the military still uses the word "battleship" to refer to historical vessels and museum ships, it ceased using the term for active-duty ships following the decommissioning of the last American battleships in the 1990s.  
Key Milestones in the Retirement of the "Battleship"
Last Operational Deployment (1991): The last time the word referred to an active combatant in a war zone was during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, involving the USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin.
Final Decommissioning (1992): The USS Missouri was the last battleship to leave active service, decommissioned on March 31, 1992. At this point, no navy in the world had an active ship officially classified as a "battleship".
Removal from Military Register (2006/2011): Although no longer in active use, the final ships (USS Iowa and USS Wisconsin) were maintained in "mothball" status (inactive reserve) until they were finally stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register in 2006, with the final retirement process for all Iowa-class ships concluding by 2011.  
Why the Term Is No Longer Used for New Ships
The military stopped designating new vessels as battleships because technology rendered the "big gun" ship obsolete in favor of other classes:  
Aircraft Carriers: Replaced battleships as the primary "capital ship" during WWII, as they could project power hundreds of miles away.
Guided Missiles: Modern Destroyers and Cruisers now fulfill the roles previously held by battleships. These ships are more precise, cheaper to operate, and require significantly smaller crews (approx. 300–400 sailors vs. 2,000+ for a battleship).
Evolution of the Term: The word itself is a shortened version of the 18th-century term "line-of-battle ship." Today, the U.S. Navy uses designations like DDG (Guided Missile Destroyer) or CG (Guided Missile Cruiser) for its heavy surface combatants.  
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Also, AI is supposedly going to run the Battleships but who is gonna run the AI, in the Navy? I'm not gonna make a Navy/YMCA joke here but it'll probably be a DEI person.... Picture below.
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At least I can read my hooker books without staying on Facebook and Reddit Vet group pages today. I already know what they'll be talking about....

And is this a Disney cruise? Why is anyone's picture on the front of the vessel? SMH.

Your AI info is quite correct. But it is quite possible for the term Battleship to cover a new class of warship, even one without big guns, if, say, it was large enough and carried a far superior arsenal of long-range missiles. A similar ship does exist today and is supposedly about to go back into service with the Russian navy. She is the Admiral Nachimov and has also been described as a Heavy Cruiser and a Battlecruiser. She is the largest non-aircraft carrier naval vessel in the world. There has been a lot of discussion as to whether she'll be good in her role.
But if you want to watch a fun movie about a battleship, watch "Battleship" from 2012 in which the USS Missouri goes to war with aliens. Guess who wins?

Here's the Adm. Nakhimov. Around 830 feet and almost 30,000 tons displacement. The Missouri is 887 feet and 58,000 tons. Ship to ship, the Nakhimov probably could destroy the Missouri because she could launch kill shots with missiles far beyond the 24-mile range of Missouri's guns. But that hypothetical will never happen. In fact, the Nakhimov would be up against the very sophisticated missile defense of a carrier battlegroup, whose offensive capacity could overwhelm Nakhimov.

"Mahalo, motherfucker" . Great action film.

I don't know about the Admiral Nachimov. I'm not sure I'd trust any Russian tech after watching them in Ukraine.... I try not to discuss things I don't know about... TRY!

 

What I do know, Sir, is that you and Mr. Charisma here are NOT gentlemen! My motion schedule clearly states that I'm supposed to be reading "Getting Screwed: Sex Workers and the Law." I'm SUPPOSED to be taking notes about decriminalization of sex work and gathering sources. But while she is full of great sources of primary literature, she is a dreadfully boring storyteller... And here you come along, telling me to watch a movie that is free on Netflix until 12/31! Well that's just sabotage!  

 
Love,
Katie

 
p.s. dont judge my bedroom set-up. I gotta live too....

The Ukrainians have exposed what a kleptocracy does best: corruption. And corruption produces the worst of everything. They said Russia had the second best army in the world. Turns out, they have the second best army in Ukraine. Ukraine has stripped them bare, despite getting lukewarm, better-late-than-never support from us and our allies. They deserve better.

You just cannot CUM to terms with that  

 
Actually there are  things really are  named for ickypus or because you are of the same composition and stench you are named after …
analpus

syphiliticpus

pukepus

bestialitypus

felchpus

toejampus

fecalpus

snotpus

stdpus

 
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeq943_IH6s

Remember keep Christ in Christmas

Mr. Nic,

 
No mention of your part in my distraction. SMH. Shameful. Take accountability!  

 
Love,
Katie

confusing you with facts!!!! LOL!!!!

So its a fact that I needed to sham for half the day watching a movie?  

 
It's a fact that you don't give a damn about my schedule!!

Besides, it's a hoot, right? I mean, how about the final scene when Big Mo drops her anchor at full tilt to fire a broadside into Mr. Alien's evil craft? Never mind that it probably would have torn her bows off.
I also loved the shots of the old battleship veterans making her hum.
I love the Navy.

I REFUSE to say I liked it, although it did look like it came out in 2012...

 
We can't have you getting a big head in 2+ forums.

 
Love, The BEST Hooker,
Katie

Have you ever visited a Battleship? There are still a few out there. The rarest is the old Super Dreadnaught USS Texas, launched more than 110 years ago, fought in both World Wars and just refurbished. I've been on her and the Iowa, which is in Long Beach, CA. The Missouri is at Pearl Harbor, the North Carolina at Wilmington, the Alabama in Mobile, the New Jersey at Trenton and the Wisconsin at Norfolk. Go see one!
I love the Texas best because it looks like Darth Vader's battleship. She's still under reconstruction but is expected to be in her now home of Galveston next year.

http://pacificbattleship.com/

...as he's a "very aesthetic person."
http://breakingdefense.com/2025/12/trump-announces-new-trump-class-battleship-as-part-of-golden-fleet/

 
Sure, because everyone knows that it's better for a battleship to look good than to work good.

They are quite close to one another and I visited them both on the same day. In fact, I had an excellent Prime Rib dinner that night in Sir Winston's dining room on the Queen. Classic, old-style English service.

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....these fools can't help themselves to start chasing it and running into each other.   Trump thinks it, smiles, then says or posts it.  The media instinctively latch onto it and run like they just found their first meal in a month and magnify it.  Guys like ickydik see it on CNN or The Daily Kos and rush to the boards to try and bash us over the heads with it.  Time and time, again....

,,,else to satisfy your TDS affliction.  Or you just got too high or drunk and should have went to bed instead of logging into a talk board.  Even for you, this is a disappointment..it's not even funny.  

I watch almost no CNN -- just occasionally a bit of its Headline service -- and never read or watch Daily Kos.
But keep on guessing. You'll still lose but you'll amuse us all.

Hey Y'all,

 
I took my official oath of office on the USS Constitution in Boston. Not good pictures.... Four years later, a hobbyist arranged for me to have a re-commission on the USS Cassin Young with the Constitution. Still not good pictures... Then, for my honeymoon, during COVID, I was taken to see the USS Missouri for a special ceremony. Montezuma Red lipstick was purchased for me, although we were masked. I sent you a picture from this event via PM. I'm still not a fan of the photo... I don't look good in red lipstick.  

 
All I can think of in these vessels is how tiny the space is. How could anyone live like that with no access to the outside world? I'm not claustrophobic, but ships make me understand.... Then I start to think of "Mutiny on the Bounty" -- the strawberries. He didn't snap because of the strawberries; he snapped because he couldn't move for months!  

 
Actually, I don't know how sailors made it in the 20th century, period. I could have NEVER been in the Navy! I love WATER but I wouldn't make it on a ship, long term. They didn't get mail as regularly. Even when I was in, they had like an hour of slow internet per day, while us Soldiers were on Facebook messenger 23 hours/day! I don't know if their internet is better today. But to be cut off from EVERYTHING. It isn't something that my mental could maintain. I understand Fleet Week when they run off the ship and kiss any rando that they see!  

 
So, no, we don't share a love of the Navy. But I liked the Cuba Gooding Jr movie where DeNiro? says, "We're men of honor, right, Cookie?" I say that a lot. It's a good line.  

 
Bleh, I'll pay someone $1500/hr to come rescue me! I'm being held against my will! And no I'm not wrapping any gifts!

 
Best,
Katie

so, what I've discovered is that I have too many photos... it took me 2.5 hours of Facebook scrolling to find you a bad photo. 🤦‍♀️ It of me at my fattest, I was heavy from all the wine... I weighed more than I did when pregnant! But I did run...

 
And I had an afro because i was poor although people were paying $300/hr for this 🤦‍♀️ Again, my GFE, even then, must have been AMAZING!  

 
I hadn't discovered (been taught about) the healthy things like nicotine, oxyelite pro (with DMAA), rhabdo-nearing CrossFit, and ketosis that keep one slender. 😂  

 
But I sent you my OFFICIAL commissioning from the inside of the USS Constitution. I was a lil confused because it occurred in May and according to my DD-214, it should have occurred in March. Yep, I hate ships. Please put me on a C-130 and not a carrier! I'd never voluntarily, enthusiastically tour a ship, despite being a historiphile. I normally don't fake it, but for you and/or Poppa I would. I'm laughing to myself because I'm envisioning it. 🤣

 
btw, all these photos I've been messaging folks are all on my website under blog posts (unofficial plug). That's the only way that I know how to send photos on TER....  

 
Well, all of you are asleep, and a cam site just sent me rules of how to sign up so I'm gonna, quietly walk to my bedroom, and do that...  

 
Good Night Lovers,
Katie

But cute!

Dear Uncle Nick,

 
I do not know why you're trying to get on my shit list? Isn't there enough vitriol going on in this forum? 😡 It has been over 24 hours and you haven't begged for my assessment of the movie! But I loved it.  

 
You already mentioned the Veterans, and the military tactics used in the end. So you stole my thunder there. It's a great action film because the entire last hour is real heart pumping action! And, are we not gonna mention the young Rihanna? Strong female characters define an action movie!  

 
But I'd like to say as an Army Veteran, that it's bullshit that the Navy were the stars, then the Air Force saved the day. What did the injured Army Veteran have to do? Fight hand to hand combat ON LAND. That's about right. I also thought the film was incredibly accurate in general. Most war movies are based on civvie imaginations. There weren't too many moments that I noticed in this movie. Its portrayal of Joint operations and Allies relationships were spot on. I just really enjoyed it.  

 
Thanks for asking.

 
Love,  
Katie

He saw some stealth ships and thought their radar evading designs were "aesthetically" displeasing, so he wants to "redesign" them to be more visually appealing both to the human eye and to enemy radars. He has also expressed his displeasure with the new electromagnetic catapult system EMALS on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford, preferring the old steam driven system.
"Currently, only two aircraft carriers operate with electromagnetic catapults (EMALS): the U.S. Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and China's newest carrier, the CNS Fujian. Both nations use advanced EMALS technology, replacing older steam catapult systems for greater launch capability and flexibility for various aircraft, including future drones." - Gemini AI

So the experts weigh in . . .
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Key Points:
-  Trump’s battleship plan clashes with decades of U.S. naval strategy and technology shifts.
-  Experts described it as a “prestige project,” a “bomb magnet,” and said that “this ship will never sail.”
-  Even if it were technically feasible, the cost of building the battleship would be prohibitive.
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Clark estimated the Trump‑class would cost two to three times more than today’s destroyers. With Arleigh‑Burke destroyers priced at about $2.7 billion each, that implies a single battleship could cost upwards of $8 billion.
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The cost of crewing and maintaining them will put more pressure on an already strained Navy budget, he added.
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RSIS Loo was more critical in his assessment, calling the decision a strategic mistake. “At the very least, as far as I’m concerned, it’s strategic hubris.”
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http://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/26/trump-class-battleship-uss-defiant-golden-fleet-rail-gun-laser-reality-defense-war-experts-skeptical.html

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For those that don't know, the bottom image is a memorial plaque for "Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Fighter Choe Hyon", that's mounted on the back of the superstructure of North Korean destroyer Choe Hyon.

It's right in the same place as the image of Trump doing 'Fight fight fight' that's on the official rendering of the future "USS Defiant", the lead ship of the "Trump-class Battleships" of the US Navy.

P.S. Sorry for the low resolution. This is my first time making a meme.

last May. Here's a shot of the Kang Kon, partly covered in tarps, lying on its side. The North Koreans are the gang that couldn't launch straight.