United States President Donald Trump met this month before the press at his private residence at Mar-a-Lago to announce, along with the Secretaries of Defense (Pete Hegseth), State (Marco Rubio), and Navy (John Phelan), his intention to expand the nation’s naval force with a new type of ship named after him: the Trump-class warfighting platforms. The plan is then built over 25 years (first, the last, 10, and finally the rest over an indeterminate horizon of years) and carried out in the United States. They will form what the president will do, in another test of his country by strengthening it, the “Golden Fleet” of the Pentagon.
“Why aren’t we building ships like the ones we wanted to build? We’ve been doing it since 1994,” he said during his remarks, in which he constantly compared the United States’ naval strength to that of China. The Trump-class bouquets will be, I promised, “the fastest, largest, and 100 times more powerful than any brave person ever built in our country and the world.” “Inspire fear into our enemies,” he added.
Phelan said, for his part, that the Trump-class ships will be equipped with “nuclear-capable maritime cruise missiles.”
The president, commander in chief of the United States, made the announcement amid growing tensions in the Caribbean, where Washington has deployed an unprecedented military force with a mission that has changed in recent days: a so-called war on drug trafficking that has resulted in more than a hundred extrajudicial killings of crew members. presuntas narcolanchas, putting pressure on the Venezuelan government by intercepting oil tankers in front of its back.
Since his return to office a little over a year ago, Trump has become a gala fan of his hawkish desires. In this case, the movement follows an analysis shared by many experts: the naval force is obsolete, and its shipyards need an increase in efficiency. Hegseth, a veteran of the National Guard and Fox News presenter, is the symbol of this warlike ardor that the Republican wants to return to the leading world power. This month’s advertising contributes to this obsession.
Plus, Trump is in jail. I say he will meet with defense contractors next week in Florida to ask them to speed up deliveries “because they are too slow,” he said. He also warned that he was prepared to sanction companies that “don’t do a good job”.
The Armada had already announced the launch of a new class of frigates, built in the United States, as part of this “Flota Dorada”, which Trump sees as a way to better counter China. These frigates are designed to protect maritime routes and to serve larger ships.
Currently, at least three cargo ships have committed incidents during their encounter in the Caribbean with US forces. The first was on December 10. The second, last Saturday. The next day, the Coast Guard attempted to rescue a third party, who had sailed towards Venezuela, but refused to intervene and left the area. This month, as of early afternoon (Washington time), American authorities have still not given up on leaving the house.
It is a ship included on the list of ships sanctioned by the United States for its alleged links to the Iranian regime. If you call Beautiful 1, It flies a Panamanian flag and is one of those sanctioned by the United States since 2024, as indicated in official documents from the Foreign Assets Control Office (OFAC in its English acronym). It was built in 2002 and is owned by a company called Louis Marine Shipholding Enterprises. The Treasury Department sanctioned him for his ties to Iran and for “participation in the illicit transport of oil and other goods” to finance terrorist activities, according to Washington.
The President of the United States announced last week a “total and complete blockade” of all oil tankers sanctioned by Washington that attempt to enter Venezuela. With this announcement, the Republican has removed the few doubts that could affect Washington’s interests in Venezuelan oil as part of the offensive against the government of Nicolas Maduro, a president that Washington wants to see fall.
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