These nonsensical steam catapults are just one of several instances of Trump trying to pretend he knows anything about ship design, and they’re making the country weaker.
A lot of people have asked when you can safely say that Trump is a dictator. The fact that his party is willing to spend $17 billion to fund a white elephant wunderwaffen that everyone knows is a boondoggle just to humor him and avoid his wrath, even as the country is losing a war, seems like all the proof we needed.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/
Yes, It’s Fascism
Or maybe it was also was before and you just weren’t paying attention, Mr. Atlantic writer.