Trump “Orders” Navy To Keep Supercarrier USS Truman That His Own Budget Asked To Retire
President Donald Trump says he has overridden an “order” to retire the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman ahead of schedule, a plan that faced major opposition in Congress since it first emerged in February 2019. This especially rapid decision to abandon the proposal only further calls into question why the Pentagon and the U.S. Navy proffered it up in the first place.