00:00The White House is requesting $66 billion in funding to build 34 new naval ships.
00:07This includes a class of battleships President Trump touted last year, part of what he calls
00:12the Golden Fleet.
00:14It's part of a $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal year 2027.
00:20The White House says this proposal would reduce non-defense spending by 10 percent.
00:25We had big battleships.
00:26These are bigger.
00:27They'll be 100 times the force, the power.
00:29These cutting-edge vessels will be some of the most lethal surface warfare ships.
00:35In December, the President shared these renderings of the so-called Trump-class battleships, claiming
00:40he would also be helping to design them.
00:43The U.S. Navy will lead the design of these ships along with me because I'm a very aesthetic
00:48person.
00:48The President said the ships will be built with steel instead of aluminum, and will be equipped
00:53with guns, missiles, hypersonic weapons, and high-powered lasers.
00:58The budget request also seeks funds for President Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defense
01:03system, along with AI implementation across the military.
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01:09The U.S. Navy
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