President Donald Trump posted a Truth Social video at 11:53 p.m. Sunday recycling remarks from a Dec. 22, 2025, event in which he said he had approved a Navy plan to build two "very large" battleships, which he called the largest the United States has ever built and "100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built" .
"As commander-in-chief, it's my great honor to announce that I have approved a plan for the Navy to begin the construction of two brand new, very large, the largest we've ever built," Trump said in the clip, which matches his remarks at the December Mar-a-Lago event unveiling what he called the "Golden Fleet" .
Trump claimed the ships would be the largest the United States had ever built. Navy planning documents describe the proposed Trump-class ship, whose lead vessel would be USS Defiant (BBG-1), as displacing 30,000 to 40,000 tons and measuring 840 to 880 feet Trump-class battleship - Wikipedia. The World War II-era Iowa-class battleships displaced more [r008] and measured 887 feet, 3 inches long Iowa-Class Battleship: The Last Big-Gun Ship.
The first ship would cost $23.4 billion, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate, which put the broader program cost at $275 billion Trump-class battleship program will cost $275 billion, CBO report says.
At 11:23 p.m., before the battleship post, Trump linked to a Just the News article reporting that the National Weather Service had begun changing "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" on maps and forecasts trumptweets2. The agency has begun making the change, saying it is implementing Executive Order 14422, which Trump signed Aug. 27. NOAA now publishes a "Lake America Operational Forecast System" National Weather Service begins changing 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' on maps, weather forecasts Lake America Operational Forecast System (LOOFS).
At 11:52 p.m., Trump reposted a screenshot from the commentary account Whiplash437 claiming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent "just announced" that the IRS was launching "MASSIVE AUDITS of financial institutions that facilitated the laundering of Minnesota funds." The image cited no source . Bessent did announce enforcement measures against Minnesota benefits fraud in January 2026, including IRS and FinCEN action targeting institutions alleged to have moved stolen funds Secretary Bessent Announces Initiatives to Combat Rampant Fraud in Minnesota Treasury Secretary Bessent vows to leave 'no stone unturned' in Minnesota fraud probe.
A minute later, Trump posted a Fox Business "Kudlow" segment in which former White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich said of AI regulation: "This is not about safety, it's about control" . The segment aired Sept. 14, after Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act on Sept. 3 LARRY KUDLOW: The AI armageddon, like the climate hoax, is an election-year Democratic ruse Trump sees 'AROUD THE CORNER' on AI, expert says NEWS: Sanders, Casar to Introduce Legislation to Ban Artificial Superintelligence and Temporarily Pause Advanced AI Development » Senator Bernie Sanders.
Trump's final overnight repost, at 11:54 p.m., carried another Whiplash437 claim that Gov. Ron DeSantis "has just signed" a law banning Sharia law in Florida, alongside video of a Florida signing ceremony . DeSantis signed that bill, HB 1471, on April 6, 2026 Governor DeSantis Signs Law Allowing Designation of “Domestic Terrorist Organizations” in Florida - Charity & Security Network Governor DeSantis signs legislation to combat terrorist groups and ban Sharia law in Florida.