President Donald Trump has announced that the US will commission a new series of heavily armed Navy “battleships” named after himself, as part of a revamped “Golden Fleet”.   Upon completion, Trump said these armed vessels would be equipped to carry hypersonic and “extremely lethal” weapons, and would be the flagships of the US Navy.   But officials have warned that the US currently lags behind China in both shipbuilding capacity and total output.   Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to read more about the larger planned expansion of the US Navy.   #DonaldTrump #US #Battleship #BBCNews