Trump unveils warship named after himself in shipbuilding push

PALM BEACH, Florida – US President Donald Trump announced the US Navy will build a new “Trump-class” warship as part of the White House push to modernise the service’s surface fleet and restore domestic shipbuilding. A poster displayed at the event at Mr Trump’s gilded Mar-a-Lago estate featured an artist’s rendering of a sleek-looking warship dubbed the USS Defiant, cutting through choppy waters with a laser beam shooting from its deck and smoke billowing from a target in the background. Next to the ship was a picture of Mr Trump raising his fist in the air in a near copy…