This is a rumor. Heard from a guy that knows a guy...etc. My source is somebody I personally trust. According to that person, a company that makes electric actuators for military ships has recently received an order for enough actuators to build 11 new aircraft carriers. True? I don’t know.
If Trump is implementing a plan to double the size of the US Navy, then there will be many follow-up bits of information over the next weeks. An aircraft carrier by itself costs about $2.3 billion dollars...before you fill it with airplanes, people, ordnance, etc. Also, an aircraft carrier is the centerpiece of a battle group composed of many military ships.
Where would the money come from? Oh, little things like public schools, Social Security… anything but a tax increase on the rich. Anybody else know somebody that knows somebody?
Kevin Bacon?