President Donald Trump will announce on Monday a new fleet of large Navy warships called 'battleships' and referred to as the 'Trump class,' marking progress toward his 'Golden Fleet' vision, according to a Wall Street Journal report by Lara Seligman cited in an X post by @dave_brown24 between 8:16 PM and 9:16 PM UTC on December 22, 2025. The Wall Street Journal article, shared during the reporting window, states the announcement from Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fulfills a White House tease earlier on December 22 of a major Navy development promising to satisfy naval communities, as reported by maritime journalist John Konrad following a White House call. Faytuks Network reported discovering improper redaction formatting in recently released Epstein-related court documents, where portions of supposedly redacted text remain visible in extracted copies, and shared examples to alert relevant authorities, per an X post in the past hour. U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer published an op-ed in the Financial Times, explaining how 2025 tariffs are accelerating U.S. re-industrialization, raising blue-collar wages, lowering inflation and repatriating manufacturing, according to a USTR press release posted on X over the past hour.
