Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:of271k0np7@drn.newsguy.com:
> http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/trump-may-have-derailed-a-crucial-part
> -of-americas-futu-1795121555
>
> It looks like after almost a decade of development, the ultra-advanced
> Gerald R. Ford supercarrier will be commissioned this year. An
> important detail about this ship, the first of its class, is that it
> does not use steam catapults to launch planes as is traditional, but
> instead uses an electromagnetic system to fling them into the air. And
> then President Donald Trump opened his mouth.
>
> From a Time interview with the president that went live this morning:
>
> You know the catapult is quite important. So I said what is this? Sir,
> because we wanted to keep up with modern [technology]. I said you
>
> You know the steam is just brutal. You see that sucker going and
>
> It sounded bad to me. Digital. They have digital. What is digital? And
>
"There's nobody bigger or better at the military
than I am."
Donald Trump, June 2015 Fox News interview
"I know more about ISIS than the generals do.
Believe me."
Donald Trump, November 2015
"I know more about offense and defense than they
will ever understand, believe me. Believe me. Than
they will ever understand. Than they will ever
understand."
Donald Trump, July 2016
http://tinyurl.com/k5bu9e6
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