U.S. President Donald Trump will announce a new fleet of large warships referred to as the "Trump class" on December 22, according to a Wall Street Journal update cited in an X post by @dave_brown24 between 6:46 p.m. and 9:16 p.m. UTC. The warships mark a step toward Trump's vision for a new "Golden Fleet," as stated by two U.S. officials familiar with the discussions in the WSJ report quoted by @dave_brown24 and previously cited by @laraseligman. Separate updates on the U.S.-sanctioned tanker M/T Bella 1 detailed repeated distress alerts transmitted on December 21 starting at 3:27 a.m. PST, with the most recent at 9:13 a.m. PST from position 19.02 N, 57.23 W, indicating northeast movement at about 11 knots in the western Atlantic northeast of Venezuela, according to @quietd0cket. @TankerTrackers stated on X that December 18 satellite imagery shows Bella 1 further east of Barbuda, rejecting claims it had reached Venezuelan waters. Various pizzerias near the Pentagon reported a midday spike in activity as of 3:32 p.m. ET, per @PenPizzaReport. OSINT accounts including @sipjack1776 tracked C-17A Globemaster III #AE123E/04-4133 (callsign RCH180) flying from Fort Campbell to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, citing @Borrowed7Time and others. These developments follow earlier December 22 reports of slowed oil loading in Venezuela and more ships turning around after U.S. interceptions of Venezuelan-linked vessels including Bella 1, per Reuters as cited by AlbertoRodNews.
