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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    3 days ago

    Biff is trying to really hard to cement his reputation as the worst president in American history.

    This guy is obsessed with attacking wind turbines and lifting up coal, with putting up tacky gold shit in the White House, with water pressure in showers and toilets, with the style of 100-year old military hardware (battleships), and with not understanding magnets.

    He also seemingly thinks you cannot see stealth planes?