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Donald Trump: “Ultimately we think it's going to be anywhere from 20 to 25…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Makes an Announcement with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy

Published | Video Starts at 04:32

We envision that these two ships, we're talking about 10, but we're going to start with two and we're going to quickly morph into 10. And Ultimately we think it's going to be anywhere from 20 to 25 of these [battleships]. But we're starting with the first two immediately. And we're going to then be very quickly involved with. I think we're going to do another eight. (04:32–04:37)

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Asserts plans to build 20 to 25 battleships.

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