President Donald Trump wants the Navy to replace these electromagnetic catapults on Ford-class aircraft carriers with steam variants. (Mark D. Faram/Staff)
Navy Times: Why Trump asked the Wasp’s crew ‘electric or steam?’
President Donald Trump kicked off a Tuesday speech to the crew of the amphibious assault ship Wasp with a question — electric or steam?
“So then let me ask you a question — catapult — right, the catapult system. Do you like electric or steam?” Trump said while calling for an audience voice vote during his roughly 20-minute address in Yokosuka, Japan.
The president treated his appearance on board the Wasp as a Memorial Day event because it still was Monday in the United States, but Trump’s address conveyed the same pro-steam theme he’s sounded since early 2017, when he entered the White House.
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