General Atomics, the company that builds the electromagnetic aircraft launch system for the Ford-class carriers, said Trump’s decision to revert to steam “warrants careful reconsideration”. The company told the Journal its work on the new ship is nearly 50% complete and “changing course now would introduce significant cost, schedule, and integration risks”.
Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and a former astronaut, was more blunt in his reaction to the news.
“I’ve launched off the front of aircraft carriers hundreds of times, have a Master’s degree in aeronautical engineering, and am a test pilot and even I wouldn’t suggest to the Navy how to engineer specific systems on its ships,” Kelly wrote on social media. “Donald Trump should stick to what he knows best – ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bullshit.”
Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/trump-aircraft-carriers-steam-catapults
87 Comments
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 77 pts · 23h
The President of the United States folks…just wow…smh.
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 31 pts · 23h
Another grift on the backs of the citizens more than likely. Nay, positively. This pedophile's whole existence is a grift to the universe. Utter trash. It's atoms need to be vaporized as they don't belong.
quarkquasar@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 23h
And the no-bid contract goes to:... The Carrier Steam Company, established 2026, by Donald Trump Jr.
Totally above board, of course. Although the Chairman would be Donald Trump Sr. Which would be a conflict of interest, except the Supreme Court would decide it's not.
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 20h
You know he's just making it up when everyone says "sir" to him in his stories, but that's hardly better that this is just his version of how it should have went.
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 3 pts · 20h
Exactly. Seems like there is a simple formula for this buffoonary. Sir…problem…incoherent nonsense…for every “problem” that he talks about.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 21h
This is the guy that thinks his "genetics" make him sooper smart, because he had an uncle who is even a perfesser!
S-M-R-T!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxNzuCCh1T8
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 5 pts · 21h
He needs to be in a nursing home where it’s acceptable to shit your pants.
gnate@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 13h
Just imagine what he could have done with a father that loved him!
EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 22h
We all know magnets stop working if they get wet.
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 15 pts · 22h
AppleTea@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 10h
I went into this assuming it had something to do with the US running out of rare earth minerals needed for magnetic systems.
Nope, just a weird bugbear the gameshow host won't let go of.
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 1 pts · 24m
like so many of the "problems" he is "trying" to fix. Truly bizarre.
TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 22h
wuffah@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 20h
This is completely unrealistic; this nation would never elect Lisa Simpson.
iamthetot@piefed.ca · 11 pts · 17h
Literally preferred a child rapist over a woman.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 14h
Twice.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 0 pts · 7h
Are y'all still going on about this? The (to oversimplify) racists voted for their racist candidate; the decent people didn't get a decent candidate to vote for so they voted less. The idea that either of them being women had anything to do with it is unmitigated bullshit.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 23h
They could just show him an AI generated video of an aircraft carrier with huge steam plumes every time a jet launches. They could get away with it.
Makeitstop@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 22h
Have it run SteamOS. Bam it is now Steam powered.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 4 pts · 22h
Or called the electromagnetic one : Trump's steam catapult 2.0 really advance
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 19h
Remember, this president suggested injecting bleach to cure COVID....he should have been severely punished for encouraging ppl to kill themselves.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 18h
Did anybody end up doing it? I wouldn't be surprised, but I've not seen any news stories since that shit show.
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 17h
I do recall that poison centers saw an uptick in calls from people taking the animal version of ivermectin.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/04/1034217306/ivermectin-overdose-exposure-cases-poison-control-centers
oh wait:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766883
some of this was people washing their food with bleach, some was people actually ingesting it after drumpfuck's press conference
xenomor@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 17h
I’m not a fan of Kelly, but “ballrooms, bankruptcy, and bullshit” is a good line.
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 13h
What are your qualms if you don't mind me asking? Is it the military aspect?
3abas@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 12h
That would be enough. He's also a proud Zionist, which should be enough to exclude anyone from polite society, but that's half the fucking population that needs their moral compass replaced.
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 23h
I can already see the malicious compliance gears in motion:
"Yes, sir!"
The Naval CNO creates a project, codename "Ouroboros". With the stated goal of replacing EMALS with steam. The project is assigned to whichever Colonel is on the shit list who is tasked with the feasibility study and creating the RFI.
3 years later
The whole thing is shit-canned by the next President.
kboos1@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 22h
We can only hope.
Stall it with bureaucracy
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 20 pts · 23h
The Insane Clown Posse could not be reached for comment by the time of publication.
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 11 pts · 23h
Ironic to see ICP being mentioned today, was just talking about them from when I listened to them in the 90’s. They seem to have more common sense than the clown mentioned above.
Fluke@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 6h
Plus a lot more self awareness and a seemingly genuine desire to be better, if the interviews I've read of late are even halfway truthful.
"Younger me was a fool and a sheep, and I won't hide from that." In essence. Credit where it's due.
BuckFutter@timeyak.com · 1 pts · 22m
yah I had read the same and was genuinely surprised to hear it. Based upon their music you wouldn't think so, but people find all types of creative ways to express their emotions and feelings, etc...
bajabound@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19h
Did they ever solve the mystery of magnets?
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 23h
He’s desperately trying to bankrupt the country and destroy its power and capability.
oppy1984@lemdro.id · 16 pts · 22h
I can't say for certain that he's a Russian agent, but it is concerning how many things he does coincide with what a Russian agent would do.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 15h
He's not trying to bankrupt the country. He's trying to rob it blind. Bankruptcy is just a by-product. It's how he does business.
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20h
Oh nah, if this is anything, it's another push to expand the military budget in ANOTHER bid to privatize the military, something he and his have been on for years.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 1 pts · 7h
Oh shit I might actually have to start rooting for him then.
Archimedes@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 19h
Why not make the whole carrier steam powered?
Burninator05@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 18h
I mean, it kinda already is when you get to the bottom of it.
Archimedes@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 18h
Everything is steam powered when you apply that logic.
rogsson@piefed.social · 11 pts · 20h
So remind me why a retard with no knowledge about anything, has any say about anything? Let experts be experts, and pedo retards die in their piss.
Archimedes@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 20h
The glorious leader is the ultimate expert in all things
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 17h
unfortunately, one of his brain dead sons, I forget which, actually said something to that effect, that "the president is the smartest person in the room" (regarding hiring/appointing advisors, as I recall. He basically said no one could contradict the president--about anything).
I'm sure we all remember Deborah Birx's pained expression when he was spouting that bullshit about bleach during the pandemic. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/birx-trump-disinfectant-coronavirus-00027776
Aqarius@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 7h
That's actually a very telling statement: If nobody can tell you you're wrong, that means you're right - which means if you tell me I'm wrong and I force you to shut up, it means I become right.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 10 pts · 10h
Remember folks: this is how he makes money.
He's not stupid. He's using his power to pour more taxpayer dollars into private companies owned by him and his buddies. This is what theft and abuse of power looks like.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 20h
I disagree with Senator Kelly. Trump knows fuck-all about ballrooms.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 1 pts · 10h
It sounds like you don't have a pee fetish.
He designs ballrooms for folks with pee fetishes
Almacca@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 10h
I am ashamed to admit that I do not, indeed, have a pee fetish.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 2 pts · 10h
It's an acquired taste. Particularly popular among billionaires pedophiles
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 10h
Weirdos.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 22h
This timeline is so fucking stupid that I wish we could bring back the r-word to refer to this administration, those that support it, and most importantly, their god-emperor that they all worship.
FFS. This stupid dipshit keeps "ordering" stuff and people just comply. Even asshole conservatives that should know better when it comes to reality.
When our modern Caligula orders that they do battle against Neptune, will they also comply?
https://lairofmythics.com/blogs/ancient-medieval-legends/caligula-vs-neptune
MBech@feddit.dk · 8 pts · 20h
Retarded is the perfect way to discribe everything about this. I don't care that some may find it offensive on behalf of some other people. The people who voted for the criminal rapist, fraudster and pedophile are fucking retarded.
Redditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 18h
The fight against that word has always been stupid. Calling someone stupid or a moron or an idiot is literally the same as calling someone retarded, but we're okay with all those words. "OH but saying retarded is worse", by what metric? You're still saying the person is mentally deficient. That they're incapable of performing basic thought processes and tasks.
I have never once heard someone with those problems say that they felt any of those words hurt less.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 7 pts · 23h
Comrade Trump doing what he can to sabotage the American war machine.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 21h
The very same dipshit talking about making "trump class battleships".
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 19h
Elect idiots, get idiotic decisions. Elections matter, who you elect matters, handing executive authority to an idiot matters. The American right just gave up thinking and votes their feelings, which is how you elect conmen.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17h
Whole lotta people feel they have to fall in love with the Democratic option or else they check out, though.
Which I just find infuriating, but people select their "leadership" by some of the stupidest monkey-level criteria, like how tall they are, or how handsome they are.
Sigh.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 15h
Dave Barry had a theory that Americans always elect the candidate with the best hair. He made that observation when Clinton was president, though. Not sure if that still holds up.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 11h
Hm, interesting theory and sounds just like something he'd say, LOL.
Between Gore and W - not really sure there? Probably Gore, but then he did win the popular vote (and probably the election, too).
W and Kerry - Kerry definitely had the better hair. Maybe the election was rigged?
Obama and McCain - okay, I guess the theory holds.
Obama and Romney - hm, Romney probably had an edge there.
Hillary vs. Trump - LOL, Donvict's combover vs. Hillary? Pretty obvious there. I don't think people are matching up men/women on things like hair anyway. But she did win the popular vote, so....?
Trump vs. Biden - heh, well Biden had plugs or something done way back when and he didn't have much to work with. As ridiculous as Trump's hair is as a general rule, I could see how most people would come down on Trump's side. Maybe this is why Donvict thinks it is rigged? 🤣
Kamala vs. Trump - well Kamala definitely has the better hair.
Yeah, I'm not sure it holds up all that well. The height thing seems to work a bit better...with recent outliers being Kerry v. Bush.
I have to LOL at Wikipedia listing Donvict as 6' 3", BTW There is no fucking way that guy is that tall. How many men go from 6' 2" to 6' 3" later in life? I don't even believe the 6' 2", in fact I'm quite sure he is exactly the kind of man that would wear elevator shoes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heights_of_presidents_and_presidential_candidates_of_the_United_States
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 10h
I appreciate you doing the research. Clearly, everything is all topsy-turvey and the rules don't apply any more.
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 12h
No disagreement here.
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 7 pts · 20h
Sort of like how he is having a new battleship be designed. Battleships have been mostly obsolete since the 1950s...
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 17h
These are the latest designs the Kremlin could provide.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17h
Donvict will probably have to dismantle Smithsonian for doing "woke" things like telling about the history of another vanity naval project, the Vasa:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bizarre-story-vasa-ship-keeps-giving-180964328/
RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 22h
Oh wow, not the onion.
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 18h
just when I think drumpfuck has said the stupidest thing ever, he outdoes himself and says something even stupider.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 17h
He's just a steampunk fanboi.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 16h
Quick, someone convince him they should use steam powered trebuchets.
ZombieMantis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 16h
They'll have to pretty soon, once the last of our munitions are wasted blowing up Iranian Schoolgirls.
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 13h
Hey, don't lump him in with me!
Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 12h
I used to think it was just shock and awe, but i think he legitimately is just that dangerously stupid and self important
switcheroo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 18h
The orange pedo probably watched some dumb old movie and got the idea stuck on his pudding brain, hence this stupid ass crap...
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 23h
He's just out to WASTE as much money as fast as he can.'
IT'S WORKING.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 1 pts · 10h
It's not a waste (to him) if his wallet gets fatter
wuffah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 20h
I get annoyed when I forget something upstairs. This guy wants to start over a half-built aircraft carrier.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 1 pts · 10h
It's a great way to transfer more wealth from taxpayers into his own pockets
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22h
Jaysus fookin Christ
benderbeerman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20h
Rather Gutsy of him to deny General Atomics like that... doesn't take a Robobrain to figure out where this is all going
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 21h
Ah, so that alliteration goes well with the "Big [Beastly] Bill" that they kept going on about. That phrase: ballrooms, bankruptcy and bullshit should be how donvict is remembered, and would make a great bumper sticker.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 5h
Sure why not. Lets bring back biplanes too.
stumu415@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 10h
Meanwhile in China where they believe in science and innovation:
https://nextgendefense.com/chinese-carrier-electromagnetic-catapult/
kboos1@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22h
It takes like 10 years to build a super carrier so plenty of time to change the design after Trump is gone and cost Americans billions to do so.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com · 1 pts · 10h
That's $$$$ for his family and rich friends
altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 18h
Don't forget your broom sticks 🧹. That is the standard way of detecting stray high power laser beams and invisible steam jets that can cut you in half!
savvie@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 19h
Catch 47
HairyHarry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23h
betanumerus@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 6m
genius says digital systems are too complicated ...