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.”

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    5 days ago

    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.

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        5 days ago

        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

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          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.